Expedition to Europe

When McTavish said the word "fake", Tang Jiading's expression was really wonderful, both surprised and funny, and even a moment of dullness, or the kind with half his mouth open.

If Tang Jiading wanted to speak at this moment, it is estimated that the line would be "Your shameless look is very similar to my style in the past."

McTavish did not think it was shameless, and immediately ordered someone to find Dong Zishi.

Now I won't find the station police. This matter involves Prince Chun, which is obviously beyond the scope of the Pinghan Station Police. It is better to find a higher level to deal with it.

Dong Zishi was also at the station at this time. Because they had to coordinate the train and the carriage, Dong Zishi and Chen Lansheng went to find the stationmaster, who was in the stationmaster's office.

Not long after, Dong Zishi, who received the report, came to the station lounge and looked at Ma Si's expression with amusement.

"These guys often travel between Tianjin and Beijing?" Dong Zishi's voice was low, and the content of his words was vaguely a bit gloomy.

"Well, it is said that they often come and go. Every time they go to Tianjin, they bring a few big boxes. When they come back, they come back empty-handed. It must not be the first time." McTavish poured out everything he knew.

"This is a gang crime, the kind with an organization and structure. The case value needs further investigation, but from now on, it seems that the case value is probably not small... Hey, why should we worry about it, it's not our Lan Fang's business, don't worry about it, I will hand the person over to the Beijing Police Department later, let them investigate it themselves, and it has nothing to do with us whether they kill or cut him." Dong Zishi's realm is high, and he doesn't have too many ideas.

The value of cultural relics depends on the age. There is a saying that "gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times", which fully illustrates the relationship between cultural relics and society.

The things that Ma Si and others carried, whether they were the private property of Prince Chun or not, actually had nothing to do with Lan Fang.

Dong Zishi didn't want to meddle in too many things. Let the Republic of China handle its affairs. If they themselves don't cherish their own things, then Dong Zishi can't do anything.

Dong Zishi is from Lanfang. It is not legitimate to take care of such things in the Republic of China. There is no need. Although Wu Daoxuan's paintings are good, Dong Zishi thinks they are useless. Not everyone is interested in protecting historical culture.

"Report to His Majesty, let His Majesty deal with it." McTavish is about to get on the train to Wuchang to perform a mission and has no time to deal with this matter.

"Okay... okay, don't worry about it." Dong Zishi answered hesitantly.

We can't report everything to Qin Zhiyuan, otherwise what are they for?

The relationship between Dong Zishi and Qin Zhiyuan is not the same as the relationship between McTavish and Qin Zhiyuan. Dong Zishi and Qin Zhiyuan are superiors and subordinates, the kind of monarch and minister. Because of Su Mo, McTavish may be a brother-in-law with Qin Zhiyuan in the future. This kind of relationship is naturally much closer than the monarch and minister in the ordinary sense. Therefore, Qin Zhiyuan can use McTavish easily, and McTavish doesn't mind causing trouble for Qin Zhiyuan.

Qin Zhiyuan already had enough troubles, and it didn't matter if there were more.

After sending McTavish away, Qin Zhiyuan immediately ordered people to find old Renault and Foch to discuss how to deal with Huang Fugui's detention.

Huang Fugui's detention was nominally done by the Southern Military Government, but in fact it was done by the British. If there were no British support, the Southern Military Government would not have the courage.

The problem with Lan Fang now is that there is no communication channel with the Southern Military Government. Because Qin Zhiyuan hates KMT from the bottom of his heart, Lan Fang has chosen the Beiyang Government as the object of support since the founding of the country, and has never considered the Southern Military Government.

In fact, KMT still has a lot of power overseas. After all, the Tongmenghui started from overseas, and then infiltrated into "our Qing Dynasty" and established the Republic of China.

KMT once sent people to Lan Fang to try to establish contact with the Lan Fang government and get some support from the Lan Fang government. Unfortunately, the KMT representatives did not even get the opportunity to meet Qin Zhiyuan, and were driven back to the Republic of China when they arrived at Huang Bohan.

Before Huang Bohan went to Europe to seek help from Qin Zhiyuan, he had approached KMT to seek support from KMT to seek justice for the Chinese in the Dutch East Indies at that time.

Huang Bohan was just a businessman at that time. Although he was wealthy, in the eyes of KMT politicians, businessmen obviously had no weight. In addition, KMT did not dare to break up with the Dutch at that time, so KMT rejected Huang Bohan's request.

Many things in this world are so wonderful. Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. Huang Bohan came to the door at the beginning, but KMT ignored him. When KMT came to the door, Huang Bohan was already out of reach for KMT.

With this background, the relationship between Lan Fang and KMT can be imagined.

"The British are not worth worrying about. They have not recovered from the world war and cannot support a war now. Even if they make some small moves, it is just to show their presence and has no practical significance." Foch, who was a little drunk, said that the British were strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

Foch is still the dual marshal of France and Belgium. Such a person is like a "military god" in the Republic of China. In the hearts of military men like Zhang Yuting, Duan Zhiquan, and Xu Shuzheng, Foch's status is even higher than Qin Zhiyuan. Therefore, Foch was very popular at the banquet just now. Although Foch remembered Anne's instructions and was restrained, he could not resist the power of numbers. There were many soldiers attending the banquet. Even if each of them took a sip, Foch could not bear it at his age.

"They want to engage in proxy wars. Now it seems that KMT is the British choice. There is only one question. How much support can the British give to KMT? Should we increase our support for the Beiyang government? Is it necessary to increase weapons assistance or even send troops directly?" Qin Zhiyuan looked worried.

This is not just a question, and it involves economic, military and diplomatic aspects. It was really difficult for Foch to answer for a while.

"Proxy war... This concept is good. If the British want to engage in proxy wars, we can too. Compared with the British, we have more advantages. If we increase our support, it should not be difficult for the Beiyang government to unify the Republic of China." Even if he drank a little, Foch still had an accurate judgment of the current situation.

"Yes, we can also launch a proxy war, or several. Now the British are about to be driven out of Sarawak. If we lead the war to British Malaya, I am afraid that the British will not be willing to support KMT at that time. If we lead the war to Australia, I am afraid that the British will be in trouble." Old Renault is a person who is afraid of chaos in the world.

"We can't fight openly, that would be the same as going to war with the British. The British can't afford a war now, and Lan Fang is also in trouble. If we want to go to war, domestic construction will definitely be affected. These few years are still very critical for us. If we can survive these few years and have a basic industrial foundation, we will be able to fight when the time comes." Foreign Minister Zhang Jingzong has many worries.

"It doesn't matter whether we fight early or late. It will definitely affect the country. We can't swallow our anger just for the sake of economic development. The impact on people's morale is too great, and the gains will not outweigh the losses. Although a country is big, it will perish if it is warlike; although the world is peaceful, it will be in danger if it forgets war." Qin Zhiyuan reminded Zhang Jingzong.

Qin Zhiyuan's meaning is not to go to war with the British now, but to remind Zhang Jingzong not to lose sight of one thing while focusing on the other. As I said, Lan Fang people oppose war, but they are not afraid of war.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @book/bar!

"The British detained Mr. Huang, but they didn't necessarily want to start a war. We have many concerns here, and the British are not having a good time either. Let's wait for the news from the Prime Minister. It would be best if this matter can be resolved through diplomatic means." Foch was a little sober now and spoke more fluently.

The relationship between Lan Fang and Britain was actually quite good. Britain needed the raw materials produced by Lan Fang, such as natural rubber, palm oil, cocoa, etc. The British have always been a major buyer of these industrial raw materials. In a sense, Britain's value to Lan Fang was more important than that of France and the United States.

The French had their own colonies and their industrial production capacity was not so good, so their demand for Lan Fang's raw materials was not that great.

The United States, because of its vast territory, could produce most of its industrial raw materials by itself, so its demand for Lan Fang was not great.

As for Lan Fang, Lan Fang still needed British industrial products, such as fabrics, synthetic metals, rubber products, etc. produced by Britain, which Lan Fang could not produce.

Or in other words, the production was insufficient.

It seemed that although there were many disagreements between Lan Fang and Britain, they were generally cooperative.

Of course, this situation will definitely change over time. If Lan Fang builds up complete industrial production capacity in a few years, the demand for British products will decrease, and perhaps Qin Zhiyuan will be determined to fight the British.

Of course, with Lan Fang's current strength, it is unlikely to reach the British mainland, but it is certain to drive Britain out of Asia, or from Southeast Asia.

"Is there no news from Zi Xin yet?" Qin Zhiyuan asked Gao Hongshi casually when mentioning Lu Zhengxiang.

"Not yet, the Prime Minister has summoned Owen Jonah, and it is estimated that no results have been reached yet." Gao Hongshi has been paying attention to whether there is any news from the General Staff.

Even when visiting, Qin Zhiyuan brings the General Staff and the Secretariat with him. This has become Qin Zhiyuan's habit. Without these two departments, Qin Zhiyuan now doesn't know how to work.

"It's probably difficult to resolve this issue diplomatically. The British can just say it has nothing to do with them and put the blame on the Southern Military Government. We still have to deal with the Southern Military Government." Old Renault is used to thinking about problems with a businessman's mindset, and triangular debts are a common problem in business.

"The Southern Military Government...order Chen Kangjian and Zhang Tianshou to mobilize immediately and prepare to send troops to the Republic of China!" Qin Zhiyuan was murderous.

Now that Lan Fang is fighting the British, Lan Fang is still afraid, but if she faces the Southern Military Government, there is really nothing to be afraid of.