This was the first time for Lin Youde to observe Yuan Shikai, a great tycoon in modern Chinese history, up close. They had always met in public places before, but for some unknown reason, Lin Youde, the Minister of the Navy, was always placed far away from the Minister of War.
position, with countless Manchu nobles separated between them.
Now, the two finally face each other.
"Master Yuan, you are overly praised." Lin Youde, who was still standing on the stage, bowed his hands, said politely to Yuan Shikai, and then walked off the stage. As soon as Lin Youde finished walking up the steps, Josephine had already come over.
You know, this is Beijing, not a city that is more Westernized than Shanghai and Guangzhou. In Beijing, the social interactions of the upper class still follow the feudal society, and women have little status, especially in such social interactions with political elements.
Women are not allowed to participate in such occasions.
But Josephine didn't know this at all. After all, she had been staying in the more civilized south, so she hurried over here to prepare to fulfill her obligations as a wife - this was the standard way of upper-class Western society.
The more dignified, beautiful and radiant the woman next to a man is, the more she can highlight his identity.
After coming over, the girl was still very confused and asked Lin Youde: "Why is Yuan Shikai not accompanied by any female relatives?"
Lin Youde shrugged, and it was too late to explain to Josephine now. He just led Josephine towards Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai glanced at Josephine and hesitated for a moment before putting on a smile again.
"Master Lin is so lucky to win the favor of the French princess." Perhaps considering that most of the people present were Manchu officials, Yuan Shikai deliberately changed Josephine's identity, "In our thousands of years of Chinese history, the only way to give away a daughter is to
Mr. Lin has broken this rule by making peace with foreigners and brought glory to the country."
Somehow, Lin Youde heard something sour in Yuan Shikai's last sentence of "win glory for the country." It is said that Yuan Shikai had a wife with ten or more houses. Lin Youde didn't remember clearly, but Yuan Datou must have been a wife.
The color embryo has not escaped, and now it seems that is indeed the case.
Josephine probably guessed from his expression that Yuan Shikai was talking about herself, so she cooperated with him and put on a humble smile.
This smile made the Minister of War linger on the girl for a moment longer.
"Master Lin, today I, Mr. Yuan, today..."
At this time, Lin Youde heard Ba quietly clearing his throat behind him. Lin Youde dared to come to the show with only two followers. In addition to his trust in the fighting power of the two goddesses, another major reason was that Lin Ji had a nearly complete portable
A radio communication system allows people to communicate with each other immediately by radio if anything happens.
Ba Hui cleared her throat, indicating that the radio she carried had received an important communication and needed to convey it to Lin Youde.
So Lin Youde interrupted Yuan Shikai's words with "I'm sorry" and then raised his fingers. The girl immediately came up and whispered a few words in Lin Youde's ear.
"Mr. Lin, it's not good to whisper in front of Madam-in-law." Yuan Shikai was still joking, but the next moment Tang Shaoyi rushed in from the outside in a panic.
The next scene was dramatic. The retainers of various officials in the hall filed in and rushed to their masters. Some of the big shots who received the news had serious expressions, some were completely unmoved, and more of them showed their faces.
With a look on his face that said "there's something good to watch", he turned his attention to Lin Youde.
Yuan Shikai whispered a few words to Tang Shaoyi, then watched his capable subordinates take the order and then faced Lin Youde again: "Master Lin, it seems that tonight, you and I will have no chance to have a drink and discuss heroes."
Unexpectedly, Lin Youde smiled and shook his head.
"Master Yuan, what do you mean by this? Nothing big happened. We can just listen to the play and have a long talk."…
Yuan Shikai raised his eyebrows, raised his right hand and began to touch his big, bright and round forehead. His eyes turned back and forth several times between Ba, who was giving instructions via radio, and Lin Youde, who looked indifferent. Then he laughed and raised his eyebrows at Lin Youde.
Thumbs up.
"Okay, now that Mr. Lin has said that, let's continue listening to the show."
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Compared with the heat in the north, Holang Yabo at the end of 1900 seemed quite calm.
By the end of the year, this city, perhaps the most electrified in the world, had completely converted to a wartime system, and its residents were working overtime to prepare for the war in the north.
During the period after Lin Youde left, three more transport fleets set off to the north. According to this transportation speed, by the end of March next year, the total strength of the Nanyang Army in the north will reach 50,000. Public opinion in the entire West has begun to turn. Originally, they were all
It is believed that in this war, China will be overwhelmingly disadvantaged. Without the intervention of Western powers, Russia will win the war without any doubt.
But now, Westerners no longer think so. The glorious results achieved by the Nanyang Army have made more and more Westerners believe that China will win the war.
Those Western media outlets that are closely related to Lin Ji are even more radical: "When Helangyabo completes the reinforcement of its troops in the north next spring, the 50,000 well-equipped Nanyang Army will completely end the fighting. What reason do we have to doubt this?"
As a result, this year they used 7,000 men to disintegrate the Russian offensive operation that they were determined to win. When they have 50,000 men, the Chinese generals will undoubtedly start to consider taking back what was ceded to Russia by the Manchus hundreds of years ago.
soil of."
Driven by Roosevelt, the U.S. government also tended to judge "China's victory". Because of this, they sent all their battleships to cruise in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. In name, they "maintained neutrality", but in fact they were deterrents.
The Japanese Combined Fleet escorted the Nanyang Army transport convoy.
Of course, most Westerners do not agree with this radical view, and most Western powers also maintain a posture of sitting back and watching the fight. Anyway, the Northeast is the Russian sphere of influence. The outcome of the fight has nothing to do with other powers.
Only a younger brother like the United States would hope to get a share of the pie in the Northeast.
Most Westerners have a very strange view on the current situation in northern China: on the one hand, they affirm that China is approaching victory, and on the other hand, they emphasize the "Western origin" of Helanggabo. They believe that the territory of Helangyabo, a Chinese force, was originally
It is Spanish. It relied on the help of Americans to gain a foothold. Then it also relied on the help of Westerners to achieve its current achievements. And then the founder of Horangabo also married a blond wife.
In any case, the great powers were certainly right in thinking that the Chinese were likely to win.
The money Lin Ji invested in controlling public opinion was considered to be well worth the money.
International public opinion has also affected the upper echelons of Tsarist Russia. The nobles who originally did not support the war now began to gloat at the misfortune. The main war faction fell into a state of anxiety day after day. Even they themselves began to think that it was delayed until the Nanyang Army increased its troops.
Once completed, it becomes unbeatable.
The aristocrats of Tsarist Russia had extremely little information about Horangabo. Before the war, they did not even think about sending additional spies to this small Nanyang island. Because of this, they inevitably overestimated the reinforcements coming from Nanyang.
The army's combat power was strengthened, and the decision was made to restore the situation and establish victory before the Nanyang Army continued to increase its military power in the north.
After making such a decision, under the urging of the Tsar, Tsarist Russia's originally slow troop surge finally made substantial progress as Christmas was approaching. The goddesses of Tsarist Russia's Second Cossack Paladin Regiment, on December 12
On the 22nd, he boarded the flying battleship the Great Tsar and set off for the Far Eastern battlefield. The affiliated troops related to the Paladins also boarded the train and drove along the Siberian Railway, which was mostly repaired.
When the Second Paladin Regiment arrives, the unconventional combat power of the Northeastern battlefield will be in an overwhelming advantage compared to Russia, which means that they can directly dispatch Shenji to attack Fengtian.
On the second day after the Second Paladin Regiment set off on the flying battleship, the Stesheli cluster that had been entrenched in Heilongjiang without any movement suddenly braved the wind and snow and began to move south.