Chapter 406: Big Move
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On March 8, 1885, two days after the Egyptian massacre that shocked the world, the eyes of the world were once again focused on London, the capital of the British Empire, the heart of the world's most powerful country. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Because at 9 o'clock this morning, William Jurter Gladstone, the leader of the Liberal Party, who has been Prime Minister of the British Cabinet for almost five years, announced his resignation.
Then, in less than half an hour, the leader of the Conservative Party, the aristocrat Robert Gascoigne-Cecil, the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, was inaugurated at the Prime Minister's residence in Downing Street. At the same time, the War Secretary was replaced by the Earl of Shelburne, also a member of the Conservative Party.
With a series of personnel changes within the British cabinet, the clash of powers will also be carried out during this time, but after the Marquis of Salisbury became prime minister, the first executive order signed was to allocate 150 million pounds of military spending, and ordered the War Department to train 600,000 troops in the shortest possible time, and go to Egypt to cooperate with the remaining 150,000 British troops in Egypt to start a new battle and eliminate all the Egyptians who resisted!
"Every British soldier could execute every Egyptian who resisted anywhere, in any way, without the slightest punishment. The Egyptians have to atone for their mistakes!" Salisbury said aloud at the first cabinet meeting.
And with his words, a large number of conscription advertisements began to be plastered all over British cities and cities. The Arsenal was ordered to work overtime, and the whole of Britain entered a period of mania.
And at this time, European powers such as France, Germany, Russia and Italy. They all stopped their expansion of their colonies, because they knew very well that Britain at this time was a large powder keg, and whoever touched it was unlucky. In order to avoid contact with the British, Germany even abandoned Uganda, which had already occupied nearly half of it. At this time, the news of the outbreak of a new ** war between the Chinese People's Army and the United States in Yili and New York is no longer as eye-catching as before.
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"Woo......!" accompanied by a loud whistle, the cruise ship "Fubo", which belongs to Huojia Pacific Shipping and has a displacement of 5,000 tons. With the roar of a heavy steam engine, he slowly left the open harbor dock of East Wanlu, the capital of Borneo.
"Young master, why don't we make a warship for the navy. Wouldn't it be faster to go back that way?" asked Horay with a hint of worry in his eyes as he looked at the young man sitting on the sofa across from him and sipping tea comfortably.
"Of course not, now we have more and more territory, and there are more and more sea areas to defend. The patrol duty of warships has become heavier. Plus the French in Vietnam. Our navy's mission is not easy at all! So, how can I ignore the people's army's coastal defense security because of my own selfishness?" Huo Shan put down his teacup and said with a smile.
That said, this is not the main reason why Huo Shan chose to return to Taiwan on a cruise ship instead of a warship. And what he wanted now was to enjoy the last period of relatively leisurely time, because Huo Shan knew very well in his heart that after he went back, there would be more and more government affairs that he needed to deal with, especially after he became an adult. This trend has also become more and more obvious, of course, there is also the meaning that Huang Sheng wants to exercise his ability to deal with government affairs. After all, Huo Shan is the head of the entire Huo family.
In addition, according to Huo Shan's development plan for the Huo family's army, after the end of the American War, it was time to use the knife against the Qing Dynasty. And this time, for the sake of his future plans, Huo Shan no longer intends to continue to hide behind the scenes. Therefore, this year will be the last relatively easy year for Huoshan, and a large number of military and political affairs will be on his shoulders in the future. It's hard to get this easy.
"Don't worry, Huo Lei! In Nanyang, except for our internal elders, few people know me, and besides, this ship is our Huo family, so there is no need to worry about safety. After seeing Huo Lei's thoughts, Huo Shan smiled and comforted.
"Knock!" there was a loud knock on the door.
"Who is it?" asked Horay with a hint of caution on his face. Although it was on the Huo family's own ship, and there was also the protection of him and the internal guards and secret guards around, but whether he was out of the house, the danger still existed, so Huo Lei still maintained a high vigilance in his heart.
Seeing his appearance, Huo Shan, who knew Huo Lei's stubborn character very well, just shook his head and smiled lightly and didn't say anything.
"It's me, Huo Ziqing!" a bright young voice sounded outside the door.
"It's Ziqing, come in!" Huo Shan still remembers this other rising star of the Huo family very clearly.
As his words fell, accompanied by a hoarse sound of the door opening, a young man wearing a black stand-up collar and a new Hanfu pushed the door and walked in, "Young Master, I just received an Egyptian telegram from Nanyang!"
Hearing this, Huo Shan's face suddenly became serious, and after receiving the telegram from Huo Ziqing's hand, he immediately took the codebook that had been prepared long ago next to him, and then personally translated it one by one against the codes on it.
The reason why this method is used is also because the content of this wireless telegraph is too important, if the slightest bit of news is leaked, it is likely to attract bloody revenge from the British, and under the successive battles, Huo Jiajun may not think about development. Moreover, this massacre can also make Huo Jiajun completely isolated from the Western world and excluded from all major countries in the world, which is really unfavorable to the development of Huo Jiajun. Therefore, at the beginning of the discussion with Huo Zhiguang about this matter, all the wireless telegraphs were sent in code, and then translated by both parties themselves. Such a one-line connection also guarantees the authenticity of the information to the greatest extent.
The content of the telegram was not very much, and in less than a quarter of an hour Huo Shan had all translated it, and then after reading it in his hand, Huo Shan's face couldn't help but change, and his eyes showed a heavy and complex color, like guilt, confusion, happiness, and so on.
Slowly shaking his head, Huo Shan turned around, looked at Huo Ziqing who was standing on the side, and said in a stern and serious tone: "Ziqing, after you go back, tell all the people in the communication class that you have not received a single wireless telegram in the past two days. All telegram records in the past two days were cleared. Do you remember?"
"Yes, young master, I will strictly follow your requirements!" Huo Ziqing, who saw this solemn expression on the young master's face for the first time, of course understood the importance of this matter, so after listening to Huo Shan's words, he said with a firm expression without the slightest hesitation.
"Well, you can go back!" Huo Shan leaned back and waved his hand.
"Young Master, what's wrong with you?" After seeing Huo Ziqing turn around and go out, Huo Lei hurriedly asked, it was the first time he had seen Huo Shan explain something so solemnly, and at this moment, Huo Shan's face was slightly pale, which made Huo Lei jump down, and he couldn't help but ask.
"Just look at it!" said Huo Shan, raising the telegram in his hand. Although the content of this telegram is extremely important, and even related to the life and death of Huo Jiajun, he still believes in Huo Lei's loyalty very much. Moreover, more than 200,000 people were disconnected because of his order, and this kind of bloody killing was too heavy for Huo Shan, who was less than forty years old in his two lives combined. Although he did not regret doing this for the sake of Huo Jiajun, for China, and for the rise of China, if he could have one more person to share the burden, it would be able to relieve him of some pressure in his heart.
"Yes, young master!" After answering, Huo Lei took the telegram, but in less than two minutes, he suddenly stood up from the sofa, his tone trembled, and he looked at Huo Shan with a hint of surprise and asked, "Young master, these are all true?"
Hearing this, Huo Shan nodded with a somewhat complicated expression.
After receiving an affirmative answer, Horay couldn't help but gasp. In the past five years, he has been well-informed with Huo Shan. But it was the first time he felt so close to slaughtering more than 200,000 people in a single day. Although before, Huo Jiajun had also swept the indigenous people in the Nanyang region, rolling up boundless blood, and the indigenous population died more than 10 million. But this is more of a death in the war and the heavy labor that followed, like the killing of more than 200,000 prisoners at a time, except for this time, the Huo family army has never done this before.
In addition, what surprised Horay even more was that the more than 200,000 prisoners of war killed were still soldiers of the army of the British Empire, the world's largest power. Under Huo Shan's influence, they are already very aware of the current world situation, and they know very well that they have stabbed the world's largest hornet's nest! Once this matter spreads, even if it is just a clue, it will be enough to bring unimaginable trouble to the Huo Jiajun, which is now developing at a high speed.
After all, the British are not Nanyang natives who 'grandma doesn't love uncle, don't love', in this era when white Europeans rule the world, this kind of blood-type slaughter can easily push Huo Jiajun to the opposite side of the whole world.
Thinking of these powerful relationships, Huo Lei was of course a little unable to sit still, "Young Master, we should immediately jump Huo Zhiguang and them back." In addition, all Egyptians who know of our existence must be cleared out of the way!"
Looking at Horay's murderous look, Huo Shan couldn't help but smile and waved his hand, "Sit down, Holei! Don't worry, Huo Zhiguang They did a good job, all the unstable factors have been cleared! Even if the British have deep roots in Egypt, it is impossible to find that it is us who stands behind the Egyptian Independence Army!" )