The book m4∴8065 train was driving on the Pacific Railway across the United States. Wu Tingfang looked out the window in a daze. This was not the first time he took this American railway, which is called the great industrial miracle of the nineteenth century. However, even so, every time he rode on this railway, he could feel that the tremendous power this country has had. From decades ago, it took only half a century to go. This country has a total railway mileage of 410,000 square kilometers, which is more than the total of railways in other countries in the world. This journey has been passed by. Wu Tingfang has seen too many things. Perhaps most of the railways along the way are not as dense as those in China, but it is precisely because of this that he feels a little inflated.

Most of China's railways are forcibly built to facilitate the plunder of the country by the great powers. Therefore, almost every railway is built only along the dense county towns of wealthy provinces. As a result, although the railway is richer, the ones that can truly enjoy the benefits of railways are still those county governments that are already endless now. The vast areas in the west are basically the vast areas in the west, and those provinces with dense resources have few railways or even no railways at all. The blocked channels have completely turned those provinces into remote areas. Whereas in the seemingly desolate land in the western United States, you can see the factories, chimneys, wires, and oil wells from time to time []

The answer after every comparison is heavy pain

"Old Wu, are you watching the scenery?" A young voice beside him was a little tired. It was Chen Guangfu.

The United States is the top priority of railway loans in Li Han's mind, so Li Han almost took out the highest specifications he could produce. The deputy leader was his Reserve Bank President Chen Guangfu, an international student who was familiar with the law. Among them, Wu Tingfang's son Wu Chaoshu, a young man who obtained a bachelor's degree in law in the UK and was qualified as a barrister, was the legal counsel of the delegation. In addition, Haohao's team also has more than 30 special forces selected by the special forces team, all of whom are over 1.75 meters tall and have received special forces training for more than one year in the army. In addition, they are also the current counselor of the Republic of China in the United States.

Since last August, Zhang Yintang, the former Minister of the Republic of China, was transferred back to China by Yuan Shikai on the excuse of being transferred back to China by Yuan Shikai, Zhang Kangren, who was then the Consul of the Republic of China in Vancouver, was transferred back to the United States to replace Zhang Yintang's minister. This former top student from the Qing Dynasty, who was a senior student who was a member of the Qing Dynasty, applied for American nationality because of his dissatisfaction with the corruption and anger of the Qing Dynasty. Later, the anti-China trend in the United States caused him to lose his newly obtained nationality. Why did this Minister of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, who had previously appointed, accompany Wu Tingfang.

On the other hand, it is because Wu Tingfang once served as the ambassador to the United States, and he is half of his predecessor; secondly, Zhang Kangren, who is always concerned about the country, is very dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai's counter-involuntary actions in China. Zhang Kangren, who has lived in the United States for many years, especially hates him for forcibly closing Congress. Therefore, Zhang Kangren aroused Yuan Shikai's dissatisfaction. After appointing Xia Xiefu as Minister Wu Tingfang as his ambassador to California at the beginning of the year, Zhang Kangren volunteered to go to California to greet him in person.

Wu Tingfang nodded and frowned, "I have only been away from the United States for a few years. I didn't expect that the country on the other side of the ocean has changed a little faster in the past few years. Just now, in remote central provinces such as Nebraska, we can see several industries that are no less than Hanyang Iron and Steel in our country, which is really touching."

Chen Guangfu nodded, saying that he, the president of the Western Reserve Bank, promoted in American newspapers, managed a huge financial asset of more than $100 million for Li Han. Not to mention how much water there is, they met several American Western banking families with assets of less than $100 million when attending a cocktail party in California. It is known that the wealth of the United States is not in the west but in the east. In New York, there are probably many veritable billionaires, bankers, and consortium controllers there, how can he not let him, a young giant who sneezes in China and half of the financial market in the Republic of China, sigh.

"Waiter, give me a cup of coffee..."

They took the dedicated train provided by United Pacific Railway. United Pacific Railway not only provided them with transfers to Washington, but also added security personnel and polite and attentive waiters on the train. Of course, they knew why, so they accepted the kindness from United Pacific Railway without hesitation.

"Old Mr. Wu, do you want to have a drink too?"

"No, give me a cup of black tea."

Foreigners rarely drink green tea but have a special liking for black tea. Although Wu Tingfang is not used to the Indian-made black tea provided in the car, it is much better than asking him to drink coffee.

"Okay, please wait"

Both of them talked in English, so the young guy in charge of reception didn't sound troublesome

There was a sound of footsteps in the carriage. The two looked at each other and began to dress up together. In fact, not only the members of the mission were on the train with them, but also many outsiders, such as Zhang Kangren, and a general manager of the United Pacific Railway Company, and his group arrived in the United States half a month ago. However, although there were help from the Pacific Railway along the way, the mission would stop for a short time when passing through almost every state capital, and meet with local political and business celebrities, welcome them, and comfort their compatriots. The time naturally delayed as they walked along the way.

Some United Pacific Railways representatives were the trains that the mission took to the mission while staying in Nebraska. As the United States is one of the largest railway companies in the world and a member of the "Billion Dollar Club" that went into the world, United Pacific Railways not only has close ties with major U.S. consortiums and many bankers, but also owns one of the three largest locomotive companies in the United States. Since the construction of the American railway has entered a saturation in the past two years, the railway of more than 400,000 square kilometers has made the country's finances unbearable.

Indeed, most of the United States' railways are owned by enterprises, but there are also many state-owned railways, and joint ventures occupy some, because a large number of railway constructions are directly borrowed from old powers such as Britain and France through the issuance of public bonds. Every year, the debt interest alone is an astronomical figure. Therefore, members of Congress have opposed the continued construction of railways in China since the beginning of the century. Until now... these opposition voices have accounted for nearly half of the Congress. If it weren't for the strong power behind the three major railway companies, I'm afraid Congress has issued relevant railway construction bills, but even so, in recent years, some smart politicians have thought of the "Anti-monopoly Law" in the end of last year. Clauke, an executive of the Central Pacific Railway Company, had been "invited" to accept Congress accountability from Capitol Hill. Now, with the lessons of the government's forced spin-off of "Standard Oil", United Pacific Railway Company has begun to prepare for a backup plan.

There is a reason why the delegation accepted the goodwill of United Pacific Railway. Li Han had previously conveyed his goodwill to the United States through Side. The news from the United States was not very optimistic. The great powers and other countries did not want Li Han to obtain a large amount of loans from the United States. Instead, they also hoped to obtain the right of road directly from him. Therefore, although the conditions he issued was not bad, President Wilson, who eventually took the stage in the United States, still under the influence of a group of absolute isolationists, did not object or agree to the fact that he hoped to issue railways and build government bonds in the United States.

According to the previous plan of the Military and Political Fu, the United States is expected to issue US$80 million to 150 million in railway construction bonds. Such a large amount of government bonds will naturally be reported to Congress. However, judging from the current situation, the US Congress now has different opinions on whether to approve the Military and Political Fu's issuance of railway construction bonds in the United States. Most of the voices of the House of Representatives agree with the approval. However, many congressmen are very suspicious of China, which is very poor in their memory, and doubt whether he can repay the principal and interest of the government bonds within the specified time. To put it bluntly, it is doubting the credibility of Li Han, a local warlord. Some people also agree to approve the issuance of this batch of government bonds out of their idea of ​​expanding the influence of the United States in China. However, the Senate group was directly led by consortiums and bankers.

Because of the influence of old-fashioned powers such as Britain and France on the United States, the controlling congressmen generally believe that the fundamental interests of the United States are in South America and Europe rather than in Asia, so they should not expand their influence on their colonies to avoid causing foreign disputes. Some congressmen believe that Li Han is undoubtedly supported by Germany. The United States made a statement at this time, which is likely to create the illusion of alliance between Germany and the United States, which makes the alliance countries with more cooperation with the United States not the third. Americans believe that Li Han is not the supreme ruler of China after all. On the contrary, he is also the most powerful opponent of the current ruler. Therefore, once the United States accepts his plan to hand over the government debt, it will inevitably lead to evil with China's current government. This will undoubtedly affect the US's commercial trade in China.

A little uneasy atmosphere just enveloped the mission, so everyone was worried that this time it would be a waste of time, especially for some Chinese and Chinese Englishmen who had just stepped on the international stage, they were already worried about gains and losses and were afraid of their hearts.

Wu Tingfang and his two ambassadors to the United States were not in vain. He soon discovered the depression of the atmosphere, coughed, and whispered to Chen Guangfu: "Since the inspector has sent someone to tell us that he has already made some reservations in the United States, we will follow his script to sing. United Pacific Railway is very interested in our government bond procurement. Domestic American industrialists have a great influence on the government, and they are closer to them. They can't say that Congress will go there and they will help."

"Old Wu said it" Chen Guangfu

Ou

Ou's somewhat stiff face took a deep breath, took a sip of coffee and savored it in his mouth

However, they disappointed the two. As the footsteps kept approaching, the one who finally approached their rest car was not the manager of United Pacific Railway Company, but Zhang Kangren, the counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of China in the United States.

"Old Wu, Mr. Chen, I've disturbed you to rest."

Zhang Kangren received a good education in the United States. Because the three of them have similar educational levels, they are very kind to each other.

Wu Tingfang smiled and said, "I have worked hard all the way."

Zhang Kangren did not dare to accept the courtesy and waved his hand, "Old Wu, don't say that. For hundreds of years, aren't we overseas wanderers just looking forward to the motherland to strengthen our country and the people's wealth? This time, the inspection has such courage, and we should try our best to serve the country."

He and Chen Guangfu nodded, but the smile on their faces faded after sitting down next to them.

"Two, this is the New York Times printed this morning. You'd better take a look." The train drove into Iowa just half an hour ago and stayed in the border town for about ten minutes to supplement the ingredients. Zhang Kangren took the opportunity to get off the car and bought a few newspapers to bring them into the car.

Wu Tingfang saw that his face was serious, and he looked at each other with no brains, so he had to take the newspaper and read it.

The New York Times is one of the few newspapers in the United States that set up a press station in Shanghai, China. Wu Tingfang is fine. After all, he is old and he is a little troublesome to read the dense English small characters. However, Chen Guangfu next to him does not have these problems. In the previous few pages, he only looked at the third page of the New York Times when China Yu issued the "rail bonds" in the United States. However, after Zhang Kangren's suggestion, he looked at the seventh page of the introduction of Far East and Asia. The headlines immediately made his face excited and he became more intense.

"Old Wu, God helps me too"

Chen Guangfu didn't care about his image anymore and excitedly handed the newspaper to Wu Tingfang. He looked down and saw that it read: "On March 1, the army from local forces in the west destroyed the vast majority of the resistance of the Zhejiang ** armed forces and successfully occupied Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang. It is worth mentioning that Li Han, the inspector of the ten provinces in southern Xinjiang, politely rejected the order from President Yuan of Beijing, and did not agree to transfer the troops sent to Zhejiang back to him.

In the ruling area, its army in Zhejiang is still accelerating its control over the situation in the province. What makes it hard to understand is that its army has integrated the former garrison in Zhejiang Province and decisively issued an order to drive away another political army from the neighboring province of Fujian to the north, causing it to suffer heavy losses and had to retreat to the changes in Zhejiang in Fujian Province. The changes in the situation in Zhejiang Province have hurt Chinese domestic politicians. It is reported that President Yuan was very upset about this.

Fire, three consecutive days of visiting the ambassadors from various countries to visit the ambassadors from various countries with our reporter interviewing our Chinese ambassadors to China, but they still failed to get a detailed answer. As of the time being, we received the most news that the Ministry of the Army has issued an order to approach Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi provinces that are controlled by the ten provincial inspection envoys in southern Xinjiang have entered a war alert state. Beijing has mobilized eight divisions of nearly 90,000 troops to strengthen military defense in local provinces. Li Han, the inspector of the ten provincial inspection envoys in southern Xinjiang, immediately announced that the ten provincial inspection envoys have entered the military takeover state. Obviously, they have prepared for war. According to our experience in the Far East for several years, we have reason to believe that the conflict between the two powerful figures from the Chinese local government and the central government may break out due to the control of Zhejiang Province. We will send you the most news from the Far East China on the front line. This newspaper’s special correspondent in China in the Far East, John Barron reported for you.

Wu Tingfang's face moved and nodded gently. A few days ago, Li Han had already informed the two of them of possible subsequent changes in the next one or two months through the overseas power of the Bureau of Investigation. So they were so passive overseas. Wu Tingfang naturally knew what Chen Guangfu was excited about. If the inspection was enabled, he took this opportunity to take the opportunity to take the highest power stage of that country. Not only will the situation they are facing abroad be completely improved, but... it is not a good thing for that country.

But, war is a double-edged sword that hurts others and oneself. Is the military and political affairs ready to take over the whole country? Is the inspection ready? Will everything really be that simple?

The carriage was in a dead silence, and no one could answer that he could not do it now.
Chapter completed!