1890 King of Southeast Asia

Time flies, the awarding ceremony is over, Tesla got the coveted Nanhua Empire Honorary Baron Medal, but he was a little absent-minded.

"Sir, what's wrong? You look absent-minded." Rutherford, who also had the Baron Medal on his chest, stopped the car and looked at Tesla who was sitting on the hood of the car and was absent-minded.

"Oh! Sir Rutherford." Tesla said in surprise.

Rutherford was speechless. Although scientists have more or less some problems with their emotional intelligence, Tesla's problem is obviously a bit big.

"Yes, Sir Tesla, what's wrong with you? Did you encounter problems with the experiment?" Rutherford breathed a sigh of relief.

In addition to the problems with the experiment, especially the funding problems, Rutherford couldn't figure out what could make this always energetic person become like this.

Tesla was the most energetic person he had ever seen. When doing experiments, he only slept 3 to 4 hours a day, but he could guarantee a full day of energy, as if he never got tired.

The most impressive thing is that Tesla is always full of imagination and energy, just like a young man.

"Ernest, something happened, I don't know what to do..." Tesla thought for a moment and decided to ask Rutherford for advice.

"What's the matter?" Ernest took out two cigars and handed one to Tesla.

Tesla didn't smoke, but now he took it and tried to light it, but he didn't know how to smoke. He learned to smoke like others and took a breath to wash it in, then his eyes went black and he fell off the hood of the car.

"Oh! God, Tesla, what's wrong with you?" Rutherford hurriedly helped Tesla up from the ground, and the guards who were watching rushed up to help.

"It's okay, is this what it feels like to smoke? Your bodies are really strong." Tesla took a while to relax, retched a few times before saying.

"You don't need to inhale cigars..." Rutherford said after a long time.

"Really? I see others have to mix it with air to inhale it." Tesla held the car and still felt a little dizzy.

After a lot of trouble, especially doing stupid things, Tesla was in a much better mood. He smoked cigars and looked at the shape of the smoke from time to time.

"What happened? I'm in such a bad mood. I haven't received any news about cutting the experimental funding. The sky shouldn't fall." Rutherford glanced at Tesla who was having a great time and said.

"Oh." Tesla forced a smile and took a deep breath.

"My nephew sent me a telegram. Thank you, Your Majesty, for letting the whole of Europe know me." Tesla was lying on the hood of the car, and found it uncomfortable, so he sat up again.

"Isn't this a good thing? Why, they asked you to borrow money? You are a Hungarian Serbian, where the living standards are not high. If someone asks you to borrow money, you must clearly refuse, they won't pay it back." Rutherford felt that he had found the crux of the problem.

He had seen a lot of such things. The students he led had national subsidies, laboratory allowances, and subsidies from their projects, but many of them lived in poverty.

After asking, I found out that many people's subsidies were borrowed by brothers or elders in the same family, or used by parents and grandfathers to subsidize other people in the family, resulting in their tight lives.

There was a girl in his lab who was the most extreme. She only had 4 lab coats issued by the lab to change last year.

For this reason, he went to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Industry to protest. Students have great work pressure and do not earn much. If the only income is taken away, how can they have a relationship?

There are more than 100 bachelors in one lab, and Rutherford was drunk.

In the end, the Ministry of Education responded that they had no way to do it. The money went to the Qing Empire and it was impossible to get it back.

However, later, all student allowances were paid with vouchers. There was a huge commercial street in the school where you could buy all kinds of things.

Merchants settled in after passing the qualification review of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Education, and the bank. After selling things, the bank exchanged them in the school with a face value of 110. Only merchants have the qualification to exchange.

As for cashing out, the starting sentence for Nanhua economic and financial crimes is 7 years of labor, and the highest is lifelong hard labor. How much money can you make by cashing out?

Of course, vouchers can also be saved. When you graduate, you can use your graduation certificate of that year to exchange up to the total amount of allowances.

This solved the problem of some students being forced to pay allowances.

As for those whose families are short of money, the school still takes cash for part-time work, or does some small projects, and the money can be sent home.

Maybe it is unfair to some people, but the money subsidized by the school is used to ensure that students do not have to worry about their lives. We can't change the nature of this thing because of the unfairness of some people, right?

"Almost..." Tesla looked at the sky.

"I come from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the northern part of the Balkan Peninsula, where rebellions have been going on for many years. It has never affected my hometown before. Recently..." Tesla's voice is a little more choked.

Rutherford's hand stiffened for a moment, and he patted Tesla's shoulder.

"I have 4 brothers, 7 nephews and 5 nieces. 4 nephews were recruited to join the rebellion team, and one of them has died on the battlefield..."

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At the same time, after the awarding ceremony, the core members of Nanhua were also discussing this matter.

"It seems that the British acted quickly." Liu Ming looked at the newspaper.

"Is there any evidence that this was done by the British?" Chen Siyuan put down the newspaper and looked at Wang Xu sitting in the corner.

"We haven't received any relevant information yet." Wang Xu looked at Liu Yiming before speaking.

"This kind of thing doesn't require evidence." Lin Anmin smiled and shook his head.

"Yes, just like our first reaction, it was the British who instigated the Romanians to rebel, this would also be the first reaction of the Germans, Russians, and even Americans." Lin Pingzhi, as the second generation, is more active.

"Maybe the Romanians themselves can't stand the oppression of the Hungarian national oligarchs, but I don't believe that there is no shadow of the British behind this, otherwise how could the rebels have such a big impact, sweeping across three provinces in a short period of time, and at this time..." Xu Hui said more neutrally.

"The Austro-Hungarian Empire should not have the energy to fight for the central and southern Balkans in the short term. Tsarist Russia will not give up this opportunity, and the possibility of German-Russian cooperation has disappeared." Liu Ming said.

"The British... We still have to increase our defenses, especially in the Mesopotamia region, where we don't have enough control. It's best to have a large-scale planned cleanup like the Luzon Islands." Wang Yang, a representative of the 6th Army, said.

"Mesopotamia is not like the Luzon Islands. We cannot completely blockade it. Planned cleanup can easily be exposed, which will have a bad impact on us." Lin Anmin did not agree with this approach.

If the truth is revealed, Nanhua will be as passive as the United States, and because there is no white skin, it may be even more passive.

"What about immigration? Through immigration, let the Chinese become the main population, send the Chinese over, and send the Arabs out to dilute it." Xu Hui hopes to solve the problem in this way.

At that time, the most important thing was to send the Chinese over, and it didn't matter if they were sent out.

"The collaborators still have to stay, otherwise when we get new land in the future, the resistance will only be stronger." Liu Ming knocked on the table.

"The British have to keep an eye on Germany and Tsarist Russia, and they should not have time to make trouble for the time being. Take this opportunity to completely digest Mesopotamia. On the 20th anniversary, I hope it will become 3 to 5 provinces."

Everyone looked at each other and nodded in unison.

"There are still three years left, so there is no need to rush. The 6th Army and the Construction Corps should cooperate with the work of the Immigration Bureau and not spread any unfavorable remarks to us." Xu Hui waved his hand, for he was afraid that the 6th Army would attack directly.

Although various extermination operations are still going on in this world, as the weight of public opinion becomes heavier, the voices of condemnation are getting louder and louder.

Some things can be done, but they cannot be said, and even if they are discovered, they cannot be admitted.

"The situation in the Balkan Peninsula continues to be watched, and this matter ends here." Liu Ming saw that everyone had reached a consensus, so he skipped this topic.

The specific operations will be handed over directly to the people below. If Liu Ming is interested, he can ask them to give a plan after the meeting.

"After the negotiations in the north, we have two more bases in Penghu Islands and Keelung. The navy is currently under construction. My opinion is to build three submarine bases in Penghu Islands, Keelung, and Ryukyu, so that the north and the south can be completely blocked when necessary." Liu Ming waved his hand, and Secretary Wang sent the map up.

"The navy fully agrees with your majesty's idea. In this way, our strategic advantage will be more obvious. Relying on three bases, we only need a small fleet to hold back the Japanese and Russian fleets." Gu Fan and Zhao Jiaxing looked at each other.

This matter was also passed quickly. There was nothing to say except that it had to be kept secret.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a sum of money. After the northern negotiations, the negotiation minister Tie Liang gave a thank-you money of about 2 million yuan. It is still in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is paid in silver." Lin Pingzhi heard about the negotiations and thought of making a profit.

"There is money for compensation and money for gratitude, but there is no money for war. It is really a weird government." Xu Hui shook his head and complained.

Nanhua fought a few wars and hosted a few meetings. In addition, radio stations in various places continued to carry out cultural wars, which allowed the status of Chinese to climb up a little.

As a result, the Qing Empire shocked the world again with a compensation of 200 million taels of silver. For a small-scale war, the Qing Empire can come up with 200 million taels of silver. What if the scale is larger?

Compensation cannot bring peace. I wonder when the Qing Empire will understand? Oh! They will never understand.

"The United States protests that we still close the routes. When will the Ministry of Commerce end it?" Lin Anmin looked at the Minister of Commerce.

"Almost. Thanks to this negotiation, several powerful people have contacted us. Even if we open the routes, the market we have already occupied will not be lost, but the pace of market expansion will slow down a bit." The Minister of Commerce smiled.

Who would not be happy if a large market was added inexplicably?

Maybe some people will ask, how big a market can there be with the poor Qing Empire?

Then you are wrong. The Qing Empire is a poor people and a poor government, while the officials, merchants and gentry are rich, and some of them have always believed in Westernization and industry and commerce, but the purchase of machines is restricted. They only sell finished products, so there is no way.

Nanhua has received many machine orders and is working day and night.

"The Japanese fell into an economic downturn after the war and want to lend us money..."

The meeting is still going on. If nothing unexpected happens, this is the last plenary meeting of Nanhua's high-level leaders in 1907. The New Year is coming soon, and the confrontation between the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers will be fully exposed.

Everyone will realize that a European war is inevitable...