Chapter 509: Nanyang Five Years Later
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"Husband, do you like boys or girls!" Helen shouted with a hint of nervousness in her heart, staring at Huo Shan's face. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoShe knew that Orientals valued boys far more than girls.
As for the husband's title, of course, Huo Shan made Helen shout so according to his feelings.
"Hehe, I like boys and girls equally, if it's a girl, it's better! The daughter is the father's close-fitting little padded jacket!" However, from the change in the expression on Helen's face, Huo Shan could also guess what she was thinking. Therefore, as a husband, Huo Shan naturally needs to be relieved. It is important to know that pregnant women's minds are very sensitive.
"Teresa, I'll help Madame!"
"Yes, sir!" said a delicate-looking white girl, nodding in agreement.
Teresa was originally one of the two maids who had been with Helen when she came to the East to take care of her, and when Huo Jiajun was looking for Huo Shan at sea, he also rescued her by the way. But the other maid had lost her whereabouts, perhaps having died in the storm.
The reason why she appeared here was that Huo Shan was also afraid that she would be busy with official business, and Helen would not even have anyone to talk to here alone, so she was too lonely, so she brought the servants and maids who came to the East with her before.
"Alas!" Looking at the two people walking in the courtyard, as well as the happy look on Helen's face, the old man Emma, who was brought here by the Huo Jiajun Security Bureau, couldn't help but sigh deeply.
He never thought that he would be called 'the most delicate rose in Europe', 'Helen in ancient Greece', and 'the most beautiful woman in the world'. And the flower of Europe, which attracted the children of the royal family and nobles of the whole Europe, was frantically chased by the children of the royal family, and actually married an Oriental, and also conceived his child.
If the news reaches Europe. I don't know how much of a sensation it is going to make.
However, it was very difficult to get the word out, except that he knew that he was on an island, and that he was accompanied by a regular soldier every day when he went out, and that he couldn't escape or deliver any message.
"It seems that this person who makes the young lady fall in love is not a simple person!" Noticing the elite soldiers who were on guard duty around him, Old Man Emma thought to himself.
He was also a soldier. Naturally, the difference can be seen from these soldiers, these soldiers are definitely elite soldiers who have killed people, seen blood, and been on the battlefield.
People who are able to mobilize such soldiers to stand guard for themselves. No matter in that country, it is not something that ordinary people can have.
"Who the hell are you?" Looking at Huo Shan's faint smiling face, Old Man Emma fell into deep thought.
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Just when Huo Shan was on Yap Island and accompanied Helen to give birth, Ma Chen, the administrative center of the Huo Family Army in Nanyang, became lively because of the approach of the founding ceremony.
Except for Huo Jiajun himself. Other countries have also sent their own envoys and representatives to the area. Even the Qing Dynasty, which was at war with the French, was no exception.
"This is the Jingshi of the Nanyang short-haired traitor?" Looking at the vast port area, the flow of people shoulder to shoulder, and the tall buildings not far away, most of which are above five floors, and you can't see the edge at a glance.
Fu Lin, who served as the envoy of the Qing Dynasty to Nanyang this time, couldn't help but grow his mouth, and his face showed shock.
Not only him, but even the people who came behind him had a look of disbelief on their faces at the moment.
Although now that the Qing Dynasty has been defeated by foreigners one after another, its understanding of the world is no longer as lonely as before. He no longer regarded everyone outside the Qing Dynasty as barbarians. But Nanyang has always been synonymous with barbarism in the eyes of Qing rulers and officials.
If it weren't for the defeat of the Americans by Huo Jiajun this time. And signed the "Chicago Treaty" to obtain a large amount of land, shaking the Qing court, Cixi hopes to know more about this Nanyang neighbor, I am afraid that today there will be no today's rich trip to Nanyang.
Seeing the shocked look on the faces of these Qing Dynasty officials, the foreign ministry officials who were in charge of receiving them this time couldn't help but show a faint look of disdain on their faces.
"Ladies and gentlemen, can we go?" Because of the founding ceremony, the passenger flow of Machen Port was bursting, and there were many Qing Dynasty people who sent Huo Jiajun this time, so many people stood on the dock, and after a while, the effort had begun to affect the traffic.
This is something that the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs do not want to see, and if they are seen by those boring people in the parliament and stabbed at the Ministry of Supervision, he will inevitably be severely reprimanded.
Huo Jiajun's parliament began to appear in 1882, originally set up as four levels, divided into the national council, the provincial council, the provincial council and the county council, now after the Huo Jiajun political reform, the provincial council was abolished, replaced by the town council.
In addition, compared with the Western parliament, which is the highest authority and even decides on the head of a country and the power to legislate, the parliament within Huo Jiajun only has the power to supervise and inquire. Most of the participants were well-known people and businessmen from all over the world.
Although the power is small, for the first time, he can openly participate in government affairs, which is already precious for a businessman who has been outside the power of the state for thousands of years.
Of course, this also aroused their enthusiasm for participating in and discussing politics, and also greatly reduced the probability of illegal things happening in Huo Jiajun's territory, and the proportion of officials who embezzled and accepted bribes was also very low.
The establishment of the parliament is also for the sake of the country's future, after all, democracy and republic are the future of world politics. Although there is not much impression of democracy and republic now because of the limitations of the people's educational attainment, the parliament is able to speed up the process.
When caring about national affairs and participating in national construction become everyone's subconscious behavior, then China will truly rise. And then the cohesion of the country will also be at its highest.
Huo Jiajun's foreign ministry officials shouted, which also made the Qing court's envoy Nanyang and his party wake up from shock.
Subsequently, after they really entered Machen, they really felt the decisive difference between the Nanyang Huo family army and the Qing Dynasty.
Look at the smiling faces of passers-by dressed in different styles on the streets, the non-stop trams running through the streets, the beautiful shop windows with the new national flag hanging on the streets, and the occasional green park with flowers and sultry greenery. And you need to look up to see the top, a high-rise building with a height of 10 or 20 floors and a height of 50 or 60 meters.
All the diplomatic envoys of the Qing court had shocking looks on their faces. This kind of scenery is like a dream country for them, and if it weren't for the same yellow-skinned, black-eyed Han people around them, they would prefer to believe that this is the legendary Europe, rather than the South Seas as they knew it before.
After that, from the dock to the Huojia Military State Guesthouse, which received foreign envoys, these people's mouths were always open.
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"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed this was Marzen, Borneo four years ago!" Johnson said with a sigh as he stood by the window with a glass of wine and looked out at the bustling street outside.
Because Huo Jiajun will establish a formal state, the ministers with various countries will also be promoted to ambassadorial relations, and Johnson will be the first Portuguese diplomatic ambassador to Huo Jiajun Huaxia Republic.
Hearing his words, Matt Braque, who had just become the Dutch diplomatic ambassador to the Chinese Republic, had a more complicated mood, you must know that the East Indies were a Dutch colony, and they occupied it for hundreds of years, but the development of hundreds of years was not as good as the construction of the Chinese people in four years, which made Matt Braque feel a little uncomfortable, and of course there was a faint admiration.
"I think that when we negotiated with the Huaxia people, Ma Chen was just a big construction site under construction, and now it has become a super city with a population of more than one million, not inferior to Paris, London, Berlin, Amsterdam and other famous European cities! I really don't know how the Chinese people built it in four years!" Speaking of this, Johnson still shook his head with a hint of disbelief in his eyes.
At that time, the armistice negotiations between Huo Jiajun and the Netherlands and Portugal were signed by Johnson and Matt Braque next to him.
It is precisely because of the original comparison that I am particularly surprised by the changes in the current Huo family's army and Ma Chen.
But they were not the only ones who were surprised, almost any diplomatic envoy from Britain, France, Germany, the Russian Empire, and other European countries who came here was equally surprised. Perhaps only the ministers of the embassies of various countries who have witnessed the development of Huo Jiajun will be more acceptable.
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"Mr. Prime Minister, it is a pleasure to meet you, I am very surprised and admired by what your country has achieved in the past six years!"
As soon as he walked into the office, Ron Weidenfeller stretched out his right hand and shook Huang Sheng's right hand with a flattering smile on his face.
"Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for your compliment! Our Huaxia Republic has been able to develop so fast, and you have also made a lot of contributions! Please be seated!"
"Thank you!" Immediately, Ron Weidenfeller, who had just taken up his post as ambassador of the German Empire to the Huojiajun Embassy, sat down.
"Mr. Ambassador, are you used to coming to us?" Huang Sheng asked with a smile as the secretary poured tea for the two.
"Hehe, except that it is hotter and wetter than in Germany, I am very satisfied with all other places!" After a pause, when the secretary went down, and there were only two people left, Ron Weidenfeller said bluntly: "Mr. Chancellor, as far as I know, your country has already handed over to the British and the French the technology of making airships and incendiary bombs, so why has it not agreed to sell them to us Germany? You must know that the cooperation between our two sides has always been very friendly, and there is no contradiction. ”
Hearing this, Huang Sheng smiled and put down the teacup in his hand. (To be continued.) )