1890 King of Southeast Asia

On June 1, 1896, before the Northern War was about to restart, the "South-America Treaty of Friendship and Trade" was officially signed.

The treaty stipulates that both sides will reduce tariffs on traded goods, ranging from 20% to 80%, and both sides will sign a long-term ordering plan.

Nanhua signed a 15-year grain order, including wheat, barley, corn, and other crops.

Wheat can improve diet, barley and corn are used as feed, and Nanhua's animal husbandry has experienced six years of development and has achieved certain results.

The United States also signed a 15-year trade list, mainly tung oil, rubber, and medicine.

As for cars, Liu Yiming did not mention it directly, but as a commodity, it has arrived at the US port, and the registered trademark is BMW, not the BMW of BMW, that is called Bavaria Engine Manufacturing Plant.

Liu Yiming registered the Chinese BMW trademark, which is divided into five series, Ferghana BMW, Wusun Horse, Mongolian Horse, Hequ Horse, and Southwest Horse.

They correspond to luxury performance cars, luxury business cars, family passenger cars, travel cars, and RVs respectively.

The prices vary, but even the cheapest Mongolian horse series is priced at more than 2,000 yuan, and tariffs must be calculated.

The first batch of 500 cars has arrived on the East Coast. Liu Yiming has been preparing for a long time. When Sam came to the door, the cars began to be loaded!

At this time, Ford took out its first car, an engine plus a frame, which is more like a park seat with wheels. As for other manufacturers, they have not yet been established. Liu Yiming's cross-era car has almost no competitors.

Even the Mongolian horse series is a layout of French classic cars.

………

The signing of the trade treaty attracted the attention of many people, especially the British who looked down on Americans.

However, after a period of inspection, they didn't care about Nanhua...

On June 11, after three months of rest, Japan launched its last attack. After replenishment, there were a total of 180,000 people, divided into two attack groups, attacking Guankou and Lushun.

Before that…

"Famine broke out in various provinces, and the victims are constantly being afflicted. When will this war end?" The old witch was upset. She had just killed several eunuchs and palace maids, and now she was praying for the victims with a compassionate face.

"May the ancestors bless me, and may I die in peace..." The old witch muttered to the underworld in a telegram.

"Old Buddha, the adults are here..." Little Li Zi said softly.

"Is Lord Li here?" The old witch took a breath and asked.

"Here he is, waiting in the hall." Little Li Zi lowered his head even lower.

"Let's go." The old witch stood up and went to the palace surrounded by dozens of eunuchs and palace maids.

"See the Queen Mother (Old Buddha)" In the hall, everyone knelt down.

"Today, let's discuss the victims and this muddled war. You should come up with a set of rules first." The old witch sat down beside the little emperor, in her exclusive seat.

Everyone didn't hear the order to stand up, and it was difficult to get up, so they knelt down to communicate, relying on voice to identify enemies and friends.

"Empress Dowager, I, Li Hongzhang, have a letter." Lord Li shouted loudly, and the old witch responded after several times.

"When did you become so polite? Speak!" The old witch hit Lord Li in a weird way.

"The Japanese troops outside the Great Wall are constantly moving and increasing their troops. I'm afraid they will fight again. Many provinces in the country are suffering from famine and land is left uncultivated. If this continues, the country will no longer be a country. I ask all countries to intervene and mediate to stop the disputes..." Lord Li lay on the ground, and no one could see his face.

This was not his idea. He was already half a foot into the coffin, and he only cared about his reputation after his death. This peace request, which would eventually have to be signed, was also signed by him.

But there was no way, this memorial was given to him by his sworn brother, Little Li, who specifically reminded him that this was the Empress Dowager's intention.

"Look, what conditions are suitable for negotiation?" The old witch thought she was still very naive. I think what to do, and you decide how to do it, naive, right?

Of course, if it is done well, it is my leadership that has made contributions, and if it is not done well, it is your incompetence.

"Withdraw from our territory completely, give Korea to the Japanese, and pay a few hundred million taels, it should be able to calm down." Lord Li sneered in his heart, a few hundred million is definitely not enough.

"This..." Hundreds of millions! This number is beyond the old woman's tolerance.

At present, the court has spent less than 100 million on this war. The army is cheap, and the navy has no subsequent investment. However, the looting has been 10 times, but there is only a few left in the hands of the court.

In fact, the Zhili Yamen and the Beiyang Yamen have already owed Nanhua a large sum of famine relief, and the southern provinces have also tried their best to support them, and the strength is greater than that of the court. It is really ironic.

"Let's go and talk..." The old witch still did not give up. She was busy transferring the army back to suppress the hungry people, so that this kind of blood would go.

"Eight hundred miles of urgent service! The Japanese army outside the pass launched an attack, Lord Rong requested support!" Before the voice fell, the eight hundred miles of urgent service came.

"What!" The little emperor stood up and knelt down immediately, "Dear father, please allow me to lead the army in person!"

"Nonsense!" The old witch glanced at the little emperor.

Then she immediately said to Lord Li: "You go to support first, and we will talk about peace talks later."

Then she went to arrange the suppression of the mob, and got a few carriages by the way, considering hunting in the west...

In layman's terms, it means running away.

………

Shanhaiguan is erupting in the most intensive group army battle of this century.

As the defending side, the Qing army has more than 200 artillery pieces, both new and old, including fortress artillery.

As the attacking side, the Japanese army had only 100,000 people, but they had 700 artillery pieces, which was an outrageous number.

What was even more outrageous was that more than 500 of these 700 artillery pieces were captured, and there was also a large amount of ammunition, which effectively supported the Japanese army.

"Kill them!" On the front line, a major commanded his brigade and charged arrogantly.

The artillery fire had covered the pass, and the Japanese army did not think that anyone could survive under such firepower.

That was because they had not seen Shanhaiguan. The facilities here were complete. Although the Great Wall could not withstand the attack of large-caliber artillery, thanks to the Qing army's insistence on field battles, the artillery they had were all small-caliber artillery, which could not cause devastating damage to the city wall.

Boom, boom, boom!

The Qing army's 37 guns sounded, but unfortunately they were not dense enough.

"Kill them!" The major was mad and kept driving his troops.

The order he received was to die on the way to the attack or rush through the pass.

Perhaps the Qing army did not have time to replenish, the Japanese army easily approached the city wall and prepared to blow up the city gate.

"Go!"

After dropping a few explosive packs and lighting the fuse, the Japanese army ran away.

boom!

"Break the city! Kill!" In the distance, Kawakami did not expect to break through this world's first pass so easily, and excitedly commanded the follow-up troops.

Woo~~

boom!

A shell suddenly fell in the middle of the battlefield. It did not blow up anyone, but it scared Kawakami Cao Liu.

"It's heavy artillery! Heavy artillery!"

"Navy! The Beiyang Navy is coming!" Kawakami Cao Liu cursed his own navy in his heart, and then reluctantly issued a retreat order.

It was impossible not to retreat. Some of the Japanese army had small-caliber artillery. Not only could they not reach the warships, but they would only leave a small pit if they hit them, which was not even a tickle.

Not only did the warships have large-caliber artillery, but they also had a fast firing rate. Kawakami Cao Liu could only retreat to the camp. For a while, the battle situation was deadlocked again...