1890 King of Southeast Asia

Bang!

The gunshots sounded so harsh in the quiet morning.

It also broke the weak balance in Honolulu.

"George! Oh! They fired! What should I do now?" John exclaimed loudly.

"Please, I'm fine, but if you keep shouting like this, you'll be in trouble soon." George rolled his eyes.

"It's the sound of Winchester's gun. I swear, the sound made by my grandmother's gun is exactly the same as this one!" John stopped to think for a while, and just when George thought he was reliable at noon, he suddenly stood up.

"Come back, you idiot!" George's uncle participated in the Civil War, and he still remembered his uncle's complicated eyes when he heard that he joined the army.

"Remember, if you want to charge, if the opponent is not a red skin, then find a sheltered place to pretend to be dead. If you fight in the field, pray to God as much as possible. If you fight on the defensive, then in your chest, show your bravery..."

This is the advice George's uncle gave him.

So at this time, many colleagues were either aiming their guns openly or hiding in the damaged buildings with John while running away, secretly observing the situation.

"Listen, John, the gunshots are not coming from us. If a fight breaks out later, don't leave this house." George glanced at the opposite side, and the South China Army was no longer visible, but he didn't believe that they had run away.

"Is this a house?" John looked at the ruins of the house without a roof.

"Shut up! Listen to me if you want to survive!" George yelled at his stupid teammates.

"If someone asks you to attack, say you are injured. If the opponent attacks, surrender immediately. I asked before coming here, and most of the Dutch prisoners did not die."

This is true. Most of the Dutch captured in the first and second times and on many islands did not die.

But the end was not very good. Nearly 100,000 people in the early stage were exchanged back to repay South China's debt for buying Java. (This is a contract signed by both parties, and it cannot be torn up at will.)

Later, more than 30,000 people were arrested one after another. Most of them were mixed-bloods, and many of them were bullies. The rich had already escaped.

There are certain risks if they are used for work. So some of them were killed, and some were sent to Medan at that time and were wiped out by the natives.

Well, some of them contributed to the social balance of Nanhua.

(After the increase in the number of immigrants, the number of male immigrants greatly exceeded that of female immigrants. Too many bachelors are prone to accidents. Surabaya banned traditional industries, so more than 10,000 immigrants in various industries with excellent performance received wives issued by the government. Although they are mixed-blood or big foreign horses...)

...

I'm talking nonsense. In short, both sides were very nervous, especially the mortars that had been aimed at the palace for a long time. The artillery had already put fuses on the shells.

Luodian went forward to investigate because the gunshots came from the palace.

Because there was no follow-up gunshot, without receiving orders, both sides retreated to their official duties, took out their guns, and confronted each other nervously.

"Minister, reinforcements have arrived! The naval advance team has arrived!" At the negotiation point, Lin Anmin's assistant excitedly pushed away the Americans who blocked the entrance and shouted loudly in English.

Lin Anmin was stunned at first, then exchanged glances with his assistant, and finally slapped the table and stood up!

"Mr. Constantine! I need an explanation!" Lin Anmin seemed to roar out all the unrest in the past half month.

"Your Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, there is nothing to explain. We have always maintained a peaceful and friendly attitude. I hope everyone will exercise restraint." I don't know whether the news is true or false, and I don't know how many people Nanhua has fired. I don't even know how the Nanhua Navy flew over.

Constantine, who knows nothing, can only comfort Lin Anmin and remain restrained. After all, it seems that Hawaii has changed after the sun rises.

"Your Excellency the Minister, there are eight torpedo boats outside. The navy is pressurizing and igniting, and it will take an hour to move." The secretary was one step slower than Lin Anmin's assistant and whispered in Constantine's ear.

Constantine nodded. He understood what the navy meant. Within an hour, the navy would be a sitting duck. They must not start a war, at least within an hour.

"Also, the navy said that the enemy's main fleet should not be far away..." Constantine's secretary said this and retreated behind him.

Torpedo boats have a faster speed, but their range is limited. Since the torpedo boats have arrived, there must be no ships behind them.

Combined with the previous information, Nanhua has dispatched at least four armored cruisers. In the worst case, it even dispatched the main battleship.

"Mr. Minister, I believe you have heard the gunshots just now. For the sake of peace, I think we should appease the soldiers first. I suggest that both sides operate within the existing range. How about it?" Constantine thought about it and immediately proposed.

"Okay." Lin Anmin thought of the worst result, but judging from the Queen's palace, there is no problem at present. Now concentrate the troops and ask about the situation of reinforcements.

"Then let's talk about the misunderstandings that have arisen in the past few days..." Constantine gestured to the secretary behind him and continued to chat.

Lin Anmin wanted to leave, but Constantine brought France and Germany in again, talking about peace.

The Germans were still being secretive, with bureaucrats and the emperor having conflicting ideas, but the French were much more direct, already discussing the combined use of cosmetics. How could Lin Anmin understand this?

…

"Mr. Lauren, the reinforcements from South China have arrived. Mr. Constantine is dragging the foreign minister of South China, but I don't know how long it will take." After the secretary ran out of the small villa for negotiations, he came to the palace as soon as possible and met Constantine.

"By the way, did you hear the gunshot just now?" The secretary asked casually.

"This..." Lauren looked a little at a loss.

This made the secretary who was about to leave stop, "What? Is there a problem? The damn yellow-skinned man opened fire?"

"No, they didn't come in, but the queen's condition may not be very good..." Lauren hesitated.

The secretary felt that things had changed again, and it was still sliding in a direction that was unfavorable to the United States.

"What happened to Liliukalani?" The secretary, who felt bad, approached the bedroom and looked inside through the window.

While watching, he shouted: "Your Majesty, I am the secretary of the minister, are you okay?"

Bang!

With a gunshot, the secretary fell to the ground in one go, holding his head with both hands.

"Despicable American, get out of here! I will never sign the contract even if I die!" Liliukalani's angry voice came from inside.

"What's going on? I just saw blood in there?" The secretary was not injured, and immediately remembered that there was blood in the room!

"Lauren! Tell me, why is there blood in her room!" The secretary said sternly to Lauren, who could not get the answer from the queen.

"I swear I just wanted to scare her, but I didn't expect the bullet to hit her maid." Lauren nervously defended.

"Stupid!"

"Your Majesty, this is a misunderstanding, please don't take extreme actions..." The secretary wanted to appease the queen, at least sign the contract.

Liliukalani didn't let go, and the secretary wanted to lead people in, but he couldn't make the decision. Lauren could, Constantine could, but he looked at the timid Constantine.

"Hold here, I will report to the Minister." The secretary left again.

No one noticed that there were many more weeds and trees around the palace.

…

"The Wild Wolf will dock, and the other boats will maintain combat patrol. If the other side intends to attack, they can attack first."

The gunshots were not very clear because they were too far away, but as soon as Yang Boning entered the port, he found three warships.

At this time, the three warships were already busy, and several small-caliber guns had been aimed at this side, but they did not fire.

From this, Yang Boning judged that the situation had not deteriorated to the point of war. For the sake of safety, he should meet Lin Anmin first.

"The Prairie Wolf class has weak protection. Let them stay far away, and the Wild Wolf class can get closer. Once the battle starts, smoke bombs will be fired to cover the battlefield situation." The staff officer looked at the sun and suggested.

At this time, the torpedo boat formation was sailing in the direction of the rising sun. The sunrise was soft, but it would also affect vision.

"Okay, I will leave the fleet to you after I go up, and the main force will arrive soon." Yang Boning looked at the staff officer and nodded.

"I am Yang Boning, the captain of the torpedo boat brigade." As soon as Yang Boning went ashore, a lone figure came to greet him.

Looking at the lone person opposite, Yang Boning felt bad.

"I am Minister Lin's assistant, Cai Jian, Captain Yang, I finally waited for you!" Cai Jian excitedly shook Yang Boning's hands.

"How is the situation? Are we not late?" Yang Boning's heart was relieved for the most part, it seemed that there was no fight yet.

Then he listened to Cai Jian's introduction of the situation, and his expression gradually became strange.

More than a hundred people were seriously injured, but there was no danger of life, no one died, and a big fight of thousands of people was actually fought with fists?

"So we are still negotiating now, don't worry, the Prime Minister will be here soon." Yang Boning roughly understood the situation.

Unfortunately, he just thought.

"The Prime Minister is here too?" Cai Jian was surprised for a moment, and then thought it was okay.

"Yeah..." Yang Boning wanted to talk about how he got here all the way, but gunshots rang out.

"It's gunshots!" Yang Boning pulled out his self-defense pistol, clamped Cai Jian under his arm, and hid in the alley.

"It seems to be okay?" After a long time, Yang Boning said slowly.

"There was a shot before, so it should be okay, right?" Cai Jian said uncertainly.

"It should be! Let's go, let's see Minister Lin first." Yang Boning observed for more than ten minutes, and confirmed that there was no problem before the two set off.

More than ten minutes later, Yang Boning finally saw Lin Anmin.

"Report to the Minister! Yang Boning, the captain of the advance brigade, reported that our twelve torpedo boats are always in combat status." Yang Boning saw that there were many people and shouted.

Except for Lin Anmin and the French representative, everyone else had a complicated expression.

The South China Fleet arrived, has the treaty been signed?

Constantine looked in the direction of the palace, praying in his heart that Laurent had signed the contract.

Bang, bang, bang!

The dense gunfire came from the palace, and Constantine and Lin Anmin's faces changed immediately, staring at each other.

Just when the two wanted to ask questions, a soldier (American) ran in.

"The main fleet of Nanhua has arrived, Chang'an and Luojing are here!"

This voice changed the minds of the people present. The most intuitive thing was that the Germans and the French were already having a good chat...

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