Chapter 347 Inviting the Three Prime Ministers

As Tangzhou issued an extremely harsh ultimatum to Yikuang, the immigration affairs of Tangzhou finally began to become relaxed. Especially in the women who were eager for extremely longing for, they finally made a breakthrough... It is unrealistic for the people to send their daughters directly, but it is not difficult to move their families, or to "buy" them directly like Liu Tongfu did before. You must know that there are countless ordinary people selling their children every year in the Qing Dynasty. There are young people, but many people who meet the age of marriage. Although this is not a large proportion in the entire market, it is really not difficult to satisfy a small Tangzhou in such a large Qing Dynasty.

The immigration of Tangzhou was smooth, and many people in the Qing court were also smiling. 50 million US dollars, how long has the Qing Dynasty not seen such a huge sum? In recent years, everyone has never seen it, but not in. It is rare to have such a beautiful thing to come. Of course, there are also many diehards who think that "indulging" Tangzhou is really a loss of the dignity of the Qing Dynasty. Thinking that it is a great Qing Dynasty, the Supreme Kingdom of the Heavenly Kingdom, actually "buying and selling people" for a little money. If the ancestors know it, how can they bear it? Among these opposition parties, Li Hongzhang, who has always been open-minded, and the imperial teacher Weng Tonghe was the leader. However, the reasons for the two opposition were very different. Weng Tonghe thought about the same thing as those diehards who adhered to the idea of ​​the Supreme Kingdom of the Heavenly Kingdom, and felt that it was too embarrassing to be over; while Li Hongzhang believed that Tang

Although the state is far overseas, it is developing very fast. The old man is worried that everyone is Chinese. If this group of restless guys have achieved stable development, and then think about turning back to plan for the Qing Dynasty... it is definitely more terrifying than the many foreign powers combined. Unfortunately, although the two old men are important officials in the court, Li Hongzhang has real power, but they are not as powerful as the large amount of money scattered in Tangzhou... With Yi Kuang's efforts, almost all the princes and nobles at the highest level of the Qing Dynasty were staring at red eyes waiting to get rich. Who cares about the crisis or not? If you don't have money in your hands, even if the Qing Dynasty is not good, everyone can still be rich. After all, it is better to be a rich man. After all, it is better to be a relative of the money in your hands than to be close to the court. People, it is better to be more practical.

Under such circumstances, Tangzhou, which had received a large number of support from the Qing Dynasty, also implemented its plan within the Qing court while immigrating in large numbers: the Qing Dynasty Expeditionary Force, which finally returned to China, was divided into four divisions. In addition to Liu Yongfu being hired by the United States and going to the Philippines to help the US military to wipe out the local disobedient uprising army, the remaining three divisions, Ronglu, took part to Beijing and began to form the Imperial Guard; Ding Ruchang took one to Xuzhou and formed a new Huai Army based on it; and Yuan Shikai, as Guo Jinzhang and others wished, was sent to Fengtian to serve as the Fengtian Survey Envoy, and organized a new army locally.

In this way, in order to support Yuan Shikai and to guard against Russia in the north, Tangzhou began to invest large-scale in the northeast. In just 1889, Tangzhou invested nearly five million US dollars in the northeast, which was a very remarkable figure in the Qing Dynasty. However, because of the South Manchuria Railway as a guise, Yuan Shikai was very good at being a human being, he often communicated with Ronglu, expressed his loyalty, and expressed his uneasiness in the letter that Tangzhou's large-scale investment in the northeast was even more trusted by the Qing court and his status gradually stabilized. In this case, Yuan Shikai, according to the idea of ​​Tangzhou, would deal with Tsarist Russia in the north.

The threat was placed first. He first gained the power to deploy military deployment in the Northeast through various power-making means, and then began to build various permanent national defense fortifications on a large scale and set up defense zones with large depths and multiple levels. At the same time, he conducted more rigorous training on the Fengtian garrison that was being trained in his hands, making it a powerful elite, enough to deal with any invading enemy... In addition, he made a stance to support friendly forces, supported the garrisons in Heilongjiang and Jilin, and used various means to improve their combat effectiveness, so that the defense power in the Northeast could grow steadily step by step.

While strengthening military power, as the Fengtian Survey, Yuan Shikai suggested to the Qing court to form an agricultural reclamation corps and use investment from Tangzhou to develop agriculture in the Northeast on a large scale. This proposal was supported by Ronglu, Li Hongzhang and others. So soon, a construction corps commanded by members of the Qing royal family were put on the agenda. However, although the royal family members were used to enhance the power of the court, the Qing court had basically no talent available, and the royal family was even more so.

The Construction Corps not only had to go deep into the northeast to develop wasteland, but also had to carry out certain military training, which required some hard work. Therefore, at the beginning of the construction of the Corps, they just rushed from Beijing to Fengtian. After walking for a few days, the royal members were no longer willing to go north... And these parasitic members were unwilling to lose such a good opportunity to gain the attention of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. Therefore, under the operation of Yuan Shikai, the Fengtian garrison easily took over the mission of the Construction Corps...

However, the expected battle with the Russians will not happen in a short period of time. It will take several years for Yuan Shikai to develop a force that is enough to support him. Therefore, while supporting Yuan Shikai, Tangzhou pays more attention to himself.

The already developed electric locomotive was pushed out in the second half of 1889 and was tested in the Seattle-San Francisco section where the wires were mounted. The results were well reflected. They far surpassed the steam locomotive in terms of operating costs and speed, attracting the attention of many railway companies.

The California Shipyard was launched in 1889 and will add two Fearless Class battleships to Tangzhou in the next few years.

In mid-1889, the three cruisers seized by Britain officially joined the Tangzhou Coast Guard fleet, making Tangzhou's maritime power sufficient to dominate the west coast of America in a short period of time.

However, these are not the most attention-grabbing actions of Tangzhou after the Battle of Canada. What people did not expect was that what Tangzhou attracted most attention during this period was the use of air conditioners!

That's right, it's the air conditioner.

However, this has nothing to do with Guo Jinzhang.

Many research institutes in Tangzhou, especially the Mechanical and Electric Power Institute, have established considerable reputation in the United States and even the world because of their research on alternating current, generators, electric motors, automobiles, engines, etc. Therefore, when Shaqt William Printing Factory in New York City found that there was a problem with its printing machine and others could not solve this problem, he commissioned the Tangzhou Mechanical Research Institute. As a result, a young researcher, Willis Harveyland Carrill, sent by Tangzhou Mechanical Research Institute, discovered the problem as soon as he arrived at that printing factory. The reason why there was always a problem with the printing machine was because of the fairy air in the factory workshop.

Changes in temperature and humidity make the paper expand and shrink unstable, thus making the ink inaccurate alignment, which makes the printing press unable to produce clear color prints. Faced with such problems, most people will definitely let it go. After all, the problem of temperature and humidity is not a problem of the machine and is not within its responsibility. But this young researcher Carrier did not give up. He believed that since air can be used to keep warm through a coil filled with steam, why can't the air be cooler and dryer by passing through a coil filled with cold water? In this way, the water in the air will condense on the coil, so that the air in the factory will be cooler and dry.

Carrier reported his idea to the institute and applied for a research fund. Afterwards, he calculated the precise temperature and humidity required for printing based on the national climate table. After some research, he developed the first air temperature and humidity adjustment device to maintain the relatively constant temperature and humidity in the printing workshop.

The problem of printing factories has been solved. The era of air conditioning has also arrived. After printing factories, other industries such as textile industry, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, food and even arms industry have also greatly improved the quality of products due to the introduction of air conditioning. Air conditioning has become another hot-selling product in Tangzhou, and Carrier also obtained the support of the Tangzhou government for his invention and established an air conditioning company.

However, after the invention of air conditioners, they always enjoyed machines, not people, until Guo Jinzhang found that someone had already made the air conditioner out... and then, things were simple. Under Guo Jinzhang's arrangement, several shopping malls in New York, Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other places first obtained the benefits of free installation of central air conditioners. As a result, these merchants quickly discovered that the cool environment not only increased people's desire to consume, but also attracted a large number of customers in the midsummer season. So, quickly, air conditioners became a powerful tool for merchants to attract customers, and the era of air conditioners serving people has officially arrived.

After the mall, several theaters in New York City had not had a good business situation and first promised to provide cool air for the audience, which attracted a large number of audiences and made the theater another major user of air conditioning. At the same time, it also replaced the winter and became the peak season for watching the show.

It can be said that the promotion of air conditioners has achieved great success, which has also allowed Guo Jinzhang to see huge business opportunities in light industry.

Therefore, the Tangzhou government allocated special funds to start investing heavily in light industry.

At the end of 1889, the first electric washing machine was launched, and the beginning of the automation of housework in humans. In the early 1890, the first household air conditioner was launched; not long after, the first compressed Freon refrigerator was launched... While developing home appliances, the Tangzhou government also built many factories to produce carbonated beverages to the production of bicycles, from the production of cigarettes to the production of glass, and the products involved dozens of types. Not only did it provide a large number of employment opportunities for the Chinese who had just immigrated, it also greatly enriched its own products and improved the industrial system.

It can be said that since 1889, Tangzhou's main tone has developed, developed, and developed on the spot... Guo Jinzhang and others seem to have been satisfied with their current achievements and pay more attention to making money, rather than reaching out and being aggressive as before. Even in Colombia, after completing the integration of domestic forces, Santos, Minister of Defense and Minister of Foreign Trade, hoped to take advantage of the opportunity of Brazil's establishment of a republic to send troops to Venezuela, and the intention to unify it into the Big Colombia was also blocked by Tangzhou, and he had to turn to domestic development. This made many people, including the US government, feel relieved. After all, no one wants to always stay with such a group of very dangerous and restless guys, especially these guys are still very good at fighting.

However, Tangzhou is still Tangzhou after all. After more than a year of stability, in April 1890, Guo Jinzhang did something that shocked many people: invite Bismarck, who had just been removed from all positions by William II, to visit Tangzhou. At the same time, the invitation was Li Hongzhang, the Minister of Beiyang and Governor of Zhili of the Qing Dynasty, and a guy that no one could have imagined... Former Japanese Prime Minister Hirobuki Ito!

"What do these Chinese people want to do?"

"How do I know?"

"You have contact with them?"

"No!"

"Then why did they invite you? Ito-kun, although you were once the prime minister of Japan, you have stepped down now. Moreover, in the eyes of Western powers, the Great Japanese Empire is far from comparable to the Qing Dynasty, so don't mention Germany... But the Chinese suddenly invited you three together and put you, Li Hongzhang and Bismarck together. It is hard for people not to doubt it."

"Yanxianjun, can I have the opportunity to have tea and chat with Bismarck and Li Hongzhang, which will pose any threat to the Japanese Empire?"

"You are not convinced that you are defeated by me, and I will replace you as the prime minister if you are not convinced! You want to use the reputation of Bismarck and Li Hongzhang to help increase your own reputation."

"This is an invitation sent by the Chinese in Tangzhou. What does it have to do with me? If you are not satisfied, you can go to Guo Jinzhang. What's the use of finding me? Do you want me to reject this invitation?"

Japan, Tokyo, Fugui Building, one was opened after the Meiji Restoration, and there were many places where Meiji upstarts came and went to find fun. It is said that the boss behind the scenes was the political tycoon Hirofumi Ito, but ordinary people could not confirm these. However, one day in April 1890, Fugui Building, which often had many officials, seemed very quiet. Even before 8 o'clock in the evening, the originally few guests started running out, as if they had encountered some evil ghost. However, the performance of these guests was indeed reasonable, because at this moment, there were two Japanese political tycoons quarreling in Fugui Building. One was the boss behind Ito, Hirofumi Ito, who had just stepped down as prime minister for less than a year, and the other was the new Prime Minister Yuto Yama Prefecture. No one could get involved in these two people's affairs except the emperor in Japan.

"Tangzhou is full of ambitiousness. They will definitely have bad intentions to invite you to Seattle."

The most reliable private room in Fuguilou is a Yama Prefecture Akitok, which has always been known as "cold" in Japanese politics and "enemy of the people", "kneel" in front of the small table, staring at the half-drunk Hirobuki Ito, and said in a deep voice. The Tangzhou government suddenly invited Bismarck and Li Hongzhang to visit. This seemed not a big deal on the surface, but it was just a common diplomatic activity. However, he, who had just become the prime minister, dared not take it lightly. Because all the senior Japanese political officials knew one thing: Tangzhou was hostile to Japan! I won’t talk about the Hawaii incident more than a year ago. The Japanese fleet rushed to Oahu Island and got the news of the reconciliation between Tangzhou and Britain before he could express it. Then, Hawaii officially belonged to Tangzhou... The rapid change of the incident made the Japanese government, which was originally ill-hearted and wanted to get some cheaper from it, felt like it was as greasy as eating a fly, and crossed the ocean and walked half a Taiping

The Japanese fleet in the foreign countries is like a group of clowns who are waving and drinking at any time, extremely aggrieved. But that's not all. Soon after, the British returned three Chinese cruisers. Everyone thought that these warships, coupled with the general fearless-class battleships that Tangzhou already owned, would become a threat to the United States on the Pacific coast, but soon, this idea was overturned. The Japanese government was surprised to find that this fleet of the Tangzhou Coast Guard frequently

It frequently appears in the Aleutian Islands... to find trouble with Tsarist Russia? Obviously impossible. Except in the Northeast, Tangzhou and Tsarist Russia have no entanglement of interests. Even in the Northeast, Tangzhou and Tsarist Russia have always been clear about Xingwei, doing their own things, and no one pays attention to each other, and they are very stance to never interact with each other. So, except Tsarist Russia, what else would the Tangzhou fleet appear in the Aleutian Islands? They wouldn't have thought of ocean fishing in the Bering Strait?

"It is enough to talk to Bismarck, Li Hongzhang, and Guo Jinzhang to comfort my whole life. As for the others, they will never detain me, right? In Japan, you, Yuto Yama Prefecture, what's the use of detaining me?" Hirobuki Ito took a glass of sake indifferently, and looked at Yuto Yama Prefecture and smiled: "So, you don't have to worry, there will be no problem."

"I'm not worried about whether you have something to do or not. I just worry that you will bring back something troublesome when you go this time." Yutoto Yama Prefecture said with a cold face. Tangzhou has been the focus of the Japanese government since its establishment. After all, a group of yellow people occupy a state in the United States, and it can be said that such achievements are absolutely unprecedented even if they are not future generations. However, no matter how concerned they are, the Japanese government did not expect that Tangzhou has achieved great achievements in less than ten years, especially in terms of economy. And with most people, only

Pay attention to Tangzhou's innovation in technological products. The difference is that the Japanese government pays more attention to Tangzhou's economic policies. They found that Tangzhou pursues state capitalism, the government controls a large number of enterprises, and develops very well. The money earned every year makes their entire Japanese government extremely jealous. But after jealousy, they are very puzzled. Because Japan also has many state-owned enterprises, most of which are still unstoppable and often suffer losses... When Ito Hirofumi was prime minister, he attached great importance to Japanese state-owned enterprises.

, he felt that the country should master those important industrial enterprises, but he could not solve the problem of losses. As a result, his interest in Tangzhou became stronger. But Yama Prefecture's different, he insisted that Japan should follow the path of Western countries and give up state-owned enterprises... The two had a great difference and gradually developed from this, and stood on the opposite side on some issues. Yama Prefecture's Akito was very worried about what "secret recipe" Ito Hirofumi would get here, so he would snatch the position of prime minister that he had finally obtained. In addition, Japan participated in

As early as 1887, the headquarters formulated the combat plan for the Qing Dynasty's expedition and strategy case and decided to complete the combat preparations against China before 1892. The attack direction was North Korea, Liaodong Peninsula, Shandong Peninsula, Penghu Islands, Taiwan, Zhoushan Islands, etc. But not long ago, this top-secret expedition and strategy case was discovered to be leaked. As the founder of Japanese militarism, Yuto Yamashiro, the chief maker of the expedition and strategy case, he was very concerned about this matter. However, when various departments conducted strict investigations according to his orders, they found that a large number of clues pointed to Tangzhou...

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