Chapter 510 is changing again
Back in Hekou Town, Li Fushou and his entourage were warmly welcomed by the crowd, many blacks, whites, Arabs and Chinese crowded together, waving their arms and shouting, shouting, because there were too many languages and too many miscellaneous so they couldn't hear anything clearly, the scene was very lively.
Li Fushou smiled and waved frequently, this kind of scene of national integration and unity is what he is most willing to see, although it may be a superficial article, this also shows that everyone is aware of this hidden danger and is subconsciously trying to solve it.
As long as the first step is taken, will the end be far away?
The official residence in the town of Hekou is a simple courtyard, a separate courtyard with a beautiful marble floor, no elaborate frescoes or intricate stone carvings, only some Portuguese-style furnishings that look out of place with the building.
Li Fushou didn't care about these vulgar things, he strode into the house, took a large tea jar of herbal tea handed over by Fu Peng, raised his head and dried it for most of the time, and then wiped the water stains on the side of his mouth and put down the tea jar.
"Comfortable, herbal tea is really thirst-quenching!"
"Of course, master, this is the secret recipe of my old Fu family's ancestral herbal tea, to put more than a dozen flavors of Chinese medicine to boil, drinking it is the most thirst-quenching heat, don't look at the temperature in this place is not high, but the sun at noon is quite fierce!" Fu Peng looked quite proud.
"Old man, if you take out this herbal tea skill, you will definitely go crazy in Xi'an Town, and the sales in Mozambique will not be bad, then you will make a fortune."
"I'm not interested in this, my herbal tea is only boiled for the old lady to drink, and others don't even think about it."
"You...... It's just brainless. ”
Li Fushou picked up the big tea jar again, raised his head and finished it in one go, patted his stomach with satisfaction, and handed the tea in his hand back to Fu Peng.
Fu Peng held a large tea jar in his hand, and there was a look of wanting to speak and stopping, he was the kind of straight man who couldn't hold back his words in his heart.
Li Fushou understood at a glance that he had been together for more than ten years, and he was very familiar with this old man's every move, so he said with a smile on the corner of his lips; "What's wrong...... What's so hard to say? This is not your Fu Peng's temperament! ”
"Hey, I knew I couldn't hide it from my master." Fu Peng's face flushed, and he hesitated for a moment before saying. "I know that things are not very good behind my back, but it's weird and uncomfortable to hide it from the master, and I always feel uncomfortable......"
"Then you just say it!"
"That's right, I saw that the town was full of welcoming people when I came back today, and the and whiteskins were huddled together, and it didn't feel so real, so I called my men to investigate, sir, guess what......"
"What's wrong?" Li Fushou replied very cooperatively.
"It's all Mo Rufeng's old boy's ghost, give some sweetness, let these Portuguese and natives come out to welcome, artificially manipulated this lively scene, this kid was not optimistic about me in the Red Fort before, always speculated, to meet his preferences, quite a little traitorous potential, anyway, I don't like it very much."
"Huh...... I know this, and I really want to criticize him. ”
Li Fushou chuckled, sent away Fu Peng, who was quick to vomit, and then put this matter behind him, without the slightest intention of pursuing accountability.
Whether or not you are a traitor is not Fu Peng's final say, Queensland is now a big mess, and it is too much to need capable people to carry the burden, whether it is military, or political, or economic, or diplomatic, then I am really not afraid that you have the ability, as long as you have the ability, Li Fushou does not mind entrusting him with important tasks.
All people in the world have some selfishness, some love honor, some like money and women, some are eager for power, and some are good at forming parties for personal gain.
As a superior person, you must consider this problem, even if you have a moral cleanliness habit, you can't knock over the whole ship with one shot, so who will do the work?
The wisdom of the ancients was cloudy; When the water is clear, there are no fish.
Li Fushou now deeply understands this sentence, and talents in today's world are extremely rare.
Mo Rufeng has been carefully cultivated for more than ten years, both civil and military, and in the future, he will hold up a banner in the military to fight against the powerful forces of high-level German officers, as long as he does not plot rebellion, he will not be able to abolish his martial arts in any case.
The Queensland Army's record is the "Shangri-La Defensive Battle", which was really a hard-fought battle, which defeated the momentum of the Dutch and laid the foundation for the Queensland Army's winning streak in the future, which can be described as a milestone battle.
As for the subsequent Battle of Borneo, it can be said that taking advantage of the victory to beat the water dogs is much less significant.
However, this important battle was under the full command of Fritz, the commander of the third regiment of Shangri-La at that time, and Mo Rufeng, the deputy commander of the regiment, had just put pen to paper at that time, although his performance in the whole campaign was remarkable, he was only a role in picking up the missing pieces.
After the war, Li Fushou had to give Fritz a division commander throne, which was a brigadier general division commander who had been delayed for a long time after Fritz divorced his original wife and married a painter.
Would Li Fushou be willing?
Of course not, at that time, the Shangri-La Division was a heavy army group with up to 13,800 personnel, and after the baptism of bloody battles, its combat effectiveness was strong, and it was the best in the whole army.
With such a powerful military force in the hands of German officers, even though Fritz repeatedly showed his loyalty with his actions, Li Fushou still couldn't sleep well.
So the following series of small actions began: a large number of retired soldiers after the war, looking for an opportunity to allocate more than 2,000 soldiers to the Second Division in Kalimantan, arranging for officers to enter the Whampoa Military Academy for rotational training, the African Task Force to transfer troops, the African Expeditionary Force to transfer troops, and after the shelling of Nagasaki, and then to transfer troops to form the Okinawa Marine Police District.
Looking back now, there are only more than 2,800 people left in the Shangri-La Division, and even after this year's replenishment of new recruits, the number of personnel in the division is still less than 4,700, and only one integrated regiment is retained, and the other two are only framework regiments.
From the roots
Li Fushou was a narrow-minded nationalist, he only believed in the black-haired, black-eyed, yellow-skinned Chinese compatriots, and believed that the Chinese elite he had cultivated single-handedly and that the power of high-ranking German officers was a product of a specific environment and would inevitably be replaced.
These high-ranking people have twisted and turned their minds, so they don't need to explain to Fu Peng, and his simple head can't hold so many things.
"Master, this is the document just sent, please review it, and Mrs. sent a letter to ask when I will go to Seoul City to meet Mrs." Secretary Li Sizhong walked in, put the documents on the table with both hands, and saw Li Fushou reaching out to touch the cigar cigarette case, so he hurriedly opened the cigar cigarette case first, took out one, cut off the eggplant cap and handed it over.
"Oh, tomorrow I'm going to Enzo Town, where some professors and hydrographers from the University of the Red Valley in Queensland live, and we need to discuss the flooding of the Zambezi River during the rainy season, and it will probably be a few days."
Li Fushou stretched out his hand to take the cigar and put it in his mouth, the secretary Li Sizhong lit the match, he took a puff comfortably, and a large cloud of strong and mellow cigar smoke came out and shrouded his figure; "Next week, write to Madame and leave for Seoul next week to meet her."
"Master, I understand my humble duties."
"What are these documents?" Li Fushou lay comfortably on the chair and asked casually.
This is a habit for him to cultivate his secretarial ability, and the secretary must read the documents submitted carefully, so that he knows what to do, and he has to make a good draft, and the earl must have something to say when he asks, otherwise he will be reprimanded.
The content of these documents covers all aspects of Queensland and even the world, which is very conducive to cultivating a holistic vision.
Li Sizhong bowed and replied;
"Back to my lord, there are a total of seven documents here, two of which are on international affairs, which were forwarded by the fast boat that transports supplies in Xi'an Town.
One is about the formation of the Conservative government in London, the Conservative leader Lord Robert Cecil after the victory of the general election, the formation of the cabinet, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State and so on have all been replaced.
What is known at present is that the current Cabinet will focus on the grand celebration of the 50th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's accession to the throne next year, and invite the world's royal elites to join in the feast, and unite the people of the Commonwealth through this unprecedented ceremony to continue the century-old glory of the British Empire. ”
"Wow grass, it's over, this is ......" Li Fushou held his forehead with a headache.
In the past year and a half, London has changed three governments, the last Liberal caretaker cabinet has only existed for five months and 24 days, and the colonial policy has been twisted and turned, making Queensland tired to cope.
A few months ago, the advance team of the African Expeditionary Force had just set out from the town of Xi'an and was making a huge debut in Mozambique, where the last London government had fallen......
Now that we have finally figured it out, the last London government has fallen......
Li Fushou easily restrained his urge to scold, shook his head and said with a wry smile; "It's not easy to do the drudgery of a diplomatic representative, none of these countries in Europe are easy to do, Tang Shaoyi, this kid is going to suffer again, forget it, go to a telegram of encouragement to comfort me."
"Understood, sir." Li Shizhong hurriedly took a pen and recorded it on the leather notepad he carried with him.
"There's nothing to ask about this, let's wait until the current cabinet government policy is introduced, what about next?"
"Returning to my lord, this is an international initiative initiated by the United States and signed by Germany, France, Russia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway, strongly condemning the artillery bombardment of Portuguese civilians in the colonial war, mainly aimed at the shelling of the island of Mozambique some time ago.
"What about the attitude of the British side?"
"Back to my lord, I have learned about this matter in detail, because it is in the stage of government change, the former foreign minister has returned to the Glasgow territory for vacation, the new foreign secretary has not yet arrived, the original well-functioning diplomatic system seems to have come to a standstill, which does not rule out some people who are dissatisfied with Queensland, the former governor of New South Wales, John Lawrence Bald, returned to London after leaving office, it is reported that he will enter the foreign office, although it is not clear what kind of position, But the negative effects are unquestionable. ”
"It makes sense, this old bastard has always been against me, and he must not hold back any good fart."
Li Fushou scolded helplessly, he really couldn't help it.
According to the deep political experience of the Earl of John Lawrence Bald, who also entered the Foreign Office, Queensland will be in a much more difficult position in terms of diplomacy in the future, and it can be seen from this incident that there is no London standing in the foreground to block mines.
If London had been willing to do so, this so-called US proposal would not have been able to come out at all.