Alchemy Greater China

It has to be said that since ancient times in China, when it comes to scheming and capable people who can guess people's hearts must be officials, Liu Kunyi thought about it himself, but he misunderstood Long Hao's meaning.

However, this misunderstanding is beneficial to Long Hao, even if Long Hao knew it, he would not reveal it.

That's right, Long Hao found out in advance that Liu Kunyi was a royalist faction, and he didn't get along well with Li Hongzhang, so he found him as an entry point for the strategy of China, rested for a few days, and blew the news of his coming to China to the little emperor Guangxu ears, the little emperor would naturally not be able to bear it, and sent someone to consult with him.

Because of the lack of news, the incident of Long Hao declaring war on the United States only managed to spread into China after more than a month of fighting and the war was about to end.

But even so, this news was only known to Li Hongzhang and some important officials in the capital. Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, was pitifully unaware of it.

Otherwise, as soon as Long Hao appeared, he might enshrine him as an invincible God of War, and dare not disobey him.

"The result is not bad now!"

Long Hao narrowed his eyes and thought, then patted Liu Kunyi's shoulder.

He was much taller than Liu Kunyi, and this shot seemed a bit bullying.

"Master Liu, how do you think about my proposal?"

At this time, the two of them were walking in a Su Garden, surrounded by birds singing and fragrant flowers, and piles of strange rocks. Walking through the courtyard was like walking through a fairyland, and stepping on the path was like stepping on clouds, which made people feel very relaxed and happy.

"Ah, a proposal, this proposal is good! Your Majesty, I was too careful last time. Now that the Qing Dynasty is in danger, a strong navy is a top priority, and we must pay attention to it!"

Liu Kunyi was slightly taken aback, but immediately realized that he didn't care about Long Hao's frivolous movement of patting himself.With a thick neck, he said loudly: "The navy is the most important weapon of the country, and it must not be in the hands of someone. The one in the north, hehe... It is reasonable for the Nanyang navy to become stronger! Hey, as the governor. Ben I am ashamed, officer, I never thought that the military expenses for the expansion of the navy would be paid by you!"

No matter how ill-informed Liu Kun was, he knew that Long Hao was a big overseas donor. Among other things, the unprecedented golden longevity peach dedicated to Cixi was enough to silence any dissatisfied people.

The longevity peach made of pure gold is only offered by a subordinate. With this financial resources, no Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, Fujian merchants, Cantonese merchants, Jiangsu merchants, Jiangxi merchants, Zhejiang merchants, Lu merchants... are worth it. Want to compare!

"Hehe, Mr. Liu, you have misunderstood. The proposal I mentioned is not to expand the Nanyang Navy!"

"Uh?"

changed?Liu Kunyi was stunned again, a little dumbfounded: "No, it's not the expansion of the navy, then, what do you mean?"

"I mean, let me introduce the most famous foreign railway company to help you build railways in two rivers and three provinces, so as to smooth traffic. How about it?"

"Repair the railway?! Absolutely not!"

Liu Kun's expression changed, and he blurted out.

By the way, Liu Kunyi is very interesting.He belongs to the enlightened faction that supports the Westernization Movement, but he strongly opposes the construction of railways. Some people say that he believes that the laying of railways will affect porters and canal boat gangs. If the railways spread across the two rivers, these people will lose their jobs.Aren't they going to make a fuss?

"Hehe, Mr. Liu reacted very violently!"

Naturally, Long Hao had checked Liu Kunyi's details, so he was not surprised by his reaction, as expected.

"Hey. This officer lost his composure, but His Majesty laughed at you!"

After regaining his senses, Liu Kun gritted his teeth and said, "However, I can't agree to the construction of the railway! The British and French wanted to build it many times before, but I blocked them all! This precedent cannot be opened!"

"There's no room for negotiation at all?"

"……No!"

"Hey, then we have to go back to the issue of the Nanyang Navy."

Long Hao was not annoyed by Liu Kunyi's insistence, but instead said: "Master Liu, I said that I wanted to fund the expansion of the Nanyang Navy. In this case, it will be good for your emperor! But after I analyze it, if the Nanyang Navy If it is strong, Britain may be very disturbed!"

The British ships controlled the Yangtze River Basin, and the scope of activities of the Nanyang Navy also included this area. If the navy suddenly became stronger, the sensitive British would definitely protest.

"Ah, yes, yes, it's a pity." Liu Kun felt regretful in his heart.

"That's why I thought of building the railway, using the convenience of railway transportation to attack the river transportation controlled by the British...Master Liu, you think, when the time comes, the railway and the navy are two pawns that can be discarded, and they are also bargaining chips. If we negotiate with the British, we will have more confidence!" Long Hao smiled bewilderingly.

"Oh, there is still this meaning?"

Liu Kun, who was a little depressed, his eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said in secret: Yes, the British will never allow the construction of the railway or the expansion of the Nanyang Navy. At that time, at the negotiating table, they will abandon the railway , Then, in exchange, the British have no reason to prevent themselves from expanding their navy!

Big deal, tell them, the Yangtze River is still yours, and my new warship will only operate in the open sea.

Seeing that Liu Kunyi's beard was raised, Long Hao nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

Knowing this hook, he finally hooked Liu Kunyi, a first-class big fish...

In the following days, Long Hao lived very comfortably.

Accompanied by Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, Long Hao spent half a month traveling, eating, drinking and having fun.

In fact, it’s no wonder that Long Hao “doesn’t do his job properly”, it’s really because the environment in his previous life on the Great Destroyed Earth was too bad, and after his reincarnation, he landed directly on a dilapidated and rotten slave ship. Then, as everyone knows, Long Hao Continually running around in Alaska, the Great West, the Baja and the bottom of the ocean...

It has been three years, and he has no time to go back to the motherland to take a good look at the great rivers, mountains and beautiful scenery of our country!

Suzhou Gardens, West Lake Long Causeway, Panhuaguo Mountain, Taihu Lake... In the past half month, Long Hao has really visited all the places of interest and historic sites that can be visited, and eaten all the special delicacies that can be eaten. In addition, With the escort of the governor of Liangjiang, these scenic spots do not charge tickets and are free to visit, which makes Long Hao feel like lingering and forgetting to leave.

It's better not to develop the technology line!

Long Hao sighed with emotion in his spare time: Look at this picturesque scenery with beautiful mountains and clear waters.The refreshing fresh air will gradually disappear if the era of large-scale industry comes, and if the Third World War breaks out according to the historical trajectory, these marvels, as if built by gods and masters, will sink to the bottom of the sea.no longer exists!

Long Hao is traveling with beauty, but the forces under his command have not stopped, they are all nervously weaving the network after entering China... Take Long Bo as an example, after he returned to the motherland, he picked up the original contacts, and soon It took a lot of effort to contact a group of strange people with unique skills and cliques.

This is not surprising, just think about Gao Tianyang's Xiaodaomen, Long Ganruo's Tianjimen, and Bujiadi's Yanzimen, you should know.Before the accident happened to the Long family outside the pass, Long Bo had a lot of connections with these Jianghu sects.

At this time, it is just a return to old business.

Although we haven't contacted each other for a long time, Uncle Long couldn't help but have a trump card - that is a lot of money that can blind people's eyes!

It is said that although these Jianghu sects are mysterious and have strict rules, they are still ordinary people who need to eat, drink, and support their families, so when you are a dragon uncle, you don't need to spend money.The rivers and lakes sects in the Liangjiang Valley were immediately subdued by him and used by him.

Long Hao had listened to Long Bo's report twice when he was playing.Judging from Long Bo's rosy face, he really liked the work of contacting people in the Jianghu and inquiring about grassroots intelligence, which made Long Hao feel a little guilty: It seems that he didn't know people well before!He actually buried a good green forest king!

Ever since, Long Hao knew his mistake and corrected it, took advantage of the opportunity to appoint Long Bo as the head of the alchemy country's intelligence in China, and established a "gold-absorbing club".It is specially for him to recruit these righteous men of the rivers and lakes to drive them away.

Long Bo is like a fish in water, so he is naturally very happy, and Liu Kunyi is also happy.

It is said that during Long Hao's play, Liu Kunyi, the governor, was always with him at the beginning.Walking with him, he not only shows off his elegance, explains famous places, arranges food and lodging, and invites famous prostitutes... In short, he serves Long Hao properly, and is more filial than kissing Lao Tzu.

But in the next few days, Liu Kunyi didn't show up. It wasn't that Long Hao got tired of driving him away, but that a sum of overseas funds had entered his jurisdiction and he needed to deal with it.

Yes, this is funds from Beihai Bank.

Most of the people in Beihai Bank are composed of blond and blue-eyed whites. They are dressed in leather shoes and full of arrogance. They landed from the big Shanghai in a grand manner, picked a concession, bought a building, and thus handed over the branch of Beihai Bank in China to Get it done.

It didn't take four days before and after, which can be called amazing speed!

The first business of this sub-branch was to exchange 500 million US dollars into snowflake silver, and then notify Liu Kunyi to send someone to pick it up.

Damn, this, this, this is the military expenditure that Long Hao promised for the expansion of the Nanyang Navy!

500 million U.S. dollars, with the current market price, can be exchanged for almost 800 million taels of silver!

This astronomical figure is almost the military expenditure of the Beiyang Navy for the same period of three years. The good news that fell from the sky immediately stunned Liu Kunyi. He was overjoyed and dared not neglect. He took his entourage and guards and rushed to Shanghai. He vowed to bring the money back to his territory in a safe and secure manner.

After Long Hao finished his tour, Liu Kunyi was able to arrange the huge sum of money. He looked at Long Hao and ignored him, and he felt admiration in his heart: Oh my god, with so much silver, His Majesty Hao just paid for it. As if you can rest assured to let me control it, tsk tsk, even though there is a bank loan slip, he is not afraid of me spending it randomly?Or maybe, others don't care about the money at all?

Once Liu Kun finished admiring him, he felt that he still wanted to have a chat with Long Hao, whether it was out of politeness or something, in short, he had a lot to tell Long Hao.

For example, the cost of these money, such as the purchase of warships, such as the management of the upper and lower...

Take the procurement of warships as an example. After all, although Liu Kunyi is a first-rank governor, commanding two rivers and three provinces, he has almost no connections abroad.

Spend money doing bad things.

Besides, Liu Kun still has many factories under him, such as shipyards and ironworks... It seems that the equipment of these factories has not been updated for a long time, so he thought about discussing with Long Hao to see the 800 million taels of sponsorship Whether part of the fund can be allocated first to improve these basic industries.

However, something went beyond Liu Kunyi's expectation, he couldn't find Long Hao!

Not only he couldn't find it, even if he dispatched the whole government to look for it afterwards, there was no way to find Long Hao's half shadow.

to this end.Liu Kun couldn't help sighing when he heard the case: His Majesty Hao really has something extraordinary to be able to create a country out of nothing overseas, and to start a war with Citigroup!Well, counting the time, he might have rushed to the capital to meet the emperor!It's about the court.It’s better for me not to get involved, the top priority is to strengthen my strength, heh, since good large warships will not be available for a while, then I will make my own decision, pay some military salaries first, and then let those shipyards start working day and night, Let's build a batch of small ironclad ships!

With the strength of Liu Kun's shipyard.It is still possible to build some small ironclad ships weighing hundreds of tons, after all, with so many decades of technology accumulation.

In the past, I was short of money and materials, so I couldn’t start work. Now that I have money, what materials can’t I buy?With the ingenuity of the Chinese working people, it can be foreseen.The delivery date of these ironclad ships will never be too long!

...Where did Long Hao go?

He left without saying goodbye, naturally to visit his successor.

Long Yi, Long Er, Long San visit Long Hao.They all feel flattered, but at the same time feel their hearts beating and uneasy.

Because none of them are Long Hao's direct bloodline, what will Young Master Long think when he wakes up so vigorously competing for the position that does not belong to them?What do you think of them?

Fortunately, Long Hao didn't blame them, on the contrary, he affirmed and encouraged them for their current work with a pleasant face.

for example.Encourage Longyi to continue to open exclusive stores all over the big cities in the south.

For example, encourage Long Er to continue to promote road paving construction in Shandong Province, promote bm cars, and localize their production.

For example, encourage Long San to continue raising alchemy creatures outside the pass.for later use.

Of course, after the encouragement, Long Hao still had expectations. He said to Long Yi, Long Er and Long San, "Communications in China are inconvenient. You should help set up telegraph lines in your spare time to facilitate communication! Money is not a problem. It doesn't matter if we all go out, remember, this is our motherland, and the money spent on it is the meat rotten in the pot, so there is no need to be careful and fussy! In addition, I heard that the pole is very happy to open mines in Shanxi, You also need to do similar work, enclosing land and mining, of course, it may be a bit difficult for you to find ore, but it doesn’t matter, I will personally teach you when the Alchemy Kingdom is established!”

The founding day of the Alchemy Kingdom is tentatively scheduled for September [-]th.

Hearing that their country is about to be established, Long Yi, Long Er and Long San are all very excited, wishing to throw everything away and rush back to Xiajia to participate in this grand ceremony, but it is a pity that there is not enough time, because today is September [-]th.

But beyond Long Yi's expectations, Long Hao politely declined his persuasion after saying these words, and said: "My country is established, and it would be shameful without me as a king. Long Yi, work hard. Back then you were the first with me You also got the most things, do it well, the successor of this country, you may not have a share!"

At the time, Long Yi thought Long Hao was joking and comforted himself, but half a month later, when he got the newspaper in his hand and saw the photo of Long Hao announcing the formal establishment of the Alchemy Kingdom on the front page, it was He was stunned, and finally sighed for a long time: "Young master's methods are really all-powerful!"

On September [-]th, [-], the Kingdom of Alchemy was officially established in Qianji City in Xiajia.

It took Long Hao a few hours to rush back from the other side of the ocean in a sapphire dragon boat. He was dressed in a yellow robe, holding the speech prepared for him by Melissa, standing on the freshly painted red tower of Qianji City , Facing the tens of thousands of citizens below, as well as hundreds of American and European reporters invited in advance, with a calm voice, this historical moment was frozen.

Because of winning the battle with the United States and signing the victorious country agreement, the international status of the alchemy country has risen. Although there was a regret in the middle-the British coup d'etat listed Long Hao as an unpopular candidate and deprived him of his title- ——But as long as the war in Europe does not stop for a moment, the country of Alchemy will be safe.

At the founding ceremony, Long Hao solemnly announced the territory and territorial waters of the Alchemy Kingdom.

The territory is divided into two parts, one is Xiajia, and the other is the islands in the Arctic Circle. If the total area is counted, it is really not small.

The territorial sea is also relatively simple: the ocean within the Arctic Circle plus the surrounding area of ​​[-] nautical miles.

On this point, Long Hao did not show his original arrogance, and restrained himself quite a bit. Although this amount of land and territorial sea is a little more than the international practice, it is still within the psychological acceptance range of the great powers.

Now, the country of Alchemy wants to keep a low profile and put its strategic focus on East Asia. Naturally, Long Hao will not take the initiative to do anything.

On that day, foreign reporters from various countries almost used up all the film in their hands, because they not only wanted to record the image of Long Hao's speech, but also shot a series of "products" launched by Qianji City.

For example, the four-wheeled vehicles of dmg, the submarines floating on the sea, the unique layout of Thousand Machines City... These all opened the eyes of the reporters, and they can't wait to directly print these on the newspapers!

On September [-]th, the Alchemy Kingdom held a naval and military exercise, during which photography was not allowed, but the grand and spectacular scene was enough to make the reporters eat their tongues, and they really wanted to store everything they saw in their eyeballs, and then Dig it out and send it back to your newspaper office.

Hey, who made the film run out yesterday?

Murderous, well-trained, and well-equipped army... super-long-range, powerful artillery... elusive, flickering submarines... These war killers release evil spirits and show their fangs. Reporters We all understand that this is the country of alchemy showing its muscles nakedly. (To be continued..)