Expedition to Europe

When the time entered July, the Russian Civil War had actually stopped.

Representatives of the Russian Bolsheviks, the coalition government, and the armed forces of southern Russia gathered in Paris to try to find a way to end the war that everyone could accept.

The wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

The Bolsheviks were founded by the proletariat, and the coalition government was founded by the bourgeoisie. Their contradictions could not be reconciled, and it was extremely difficult to find a peaceful path.

But neither the coalition government nor the Bolsheviks had the ability to continue the war, so even if they were unwilling, all parties had to sit down and talk about peace.

Even if it was to accumulate strength for the next stage of the battle, there had to be a breathing time now.

In any case, the war in Russia was over, but at the same time, the European continent did not return to peace because of the cessation of the world war, and the war broke out again.

The cause of the outbreak was still the territorial issue.

Although the Italians were hesitant, they finally stood in the right position in the middle of the war and became a member of the victorious country. Therefore, after the war, they naturally made territorial demands to Croatia.

This request was rejected.

So the Italians angrily withdrew from the Paris Peace Conference. They were not going to waste time in Paris and were ready to use force to get what they wanted.

Well, because of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, Italy felt unprecedentedly powerful. The Italians began to try to break free from the cage created by the British and French, and wanted to get treatment that matched their national status.

But the Italians were said to have high ambitions and thin lives. Their ambitions were destined to be a mirage. If it weren't for the help of the British and the French, Italy would have perished in the war.

The Turks and Greeks also broke out in war, and the reason was still territorial.

But this time, it was deliberately provoked by the French.

After the defeat, the Turks silently accepted the fate of the disintegration of the empire, and in order to strengthen their position in the Balkan Peninsula, the French demanded that the Aegean port city of Smyrna be ceded to Greece.

The Turks burst out with amazing power. Under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal, the hero of Gallipoli, they launched a war against Greece and did not withdraw their troops until they completely occupied the port of Smyrna.

Further north, a war broke out between the newly formed countries of Poland and Czechoslovakia, again over territory. At the same time, there were armed conflicts in Transylvania, Ukraine, and the Caucasus, also over territory.

Fortunately, these conflicts were not large in scale, so another full-scale melee did not break out in Europe.

Of course, this is more likely because Europe was exhausted, people were unwilling to continue fighting, and countries did not have enough troops for the war, so the war was limited to a certain scale.

Compared with war-torn Europe, Southeast Asia was relatively calm.

Lan Fang was carrying out large-scale construction, and many laborers were attracted to Lan Fang. They were assigned to different places, from Vladivostok in the north to Port Hedland in the south, including Cam Ranh Bay, which had just started construction, and various places in Wanghaizhou, which had been under construction for more than half a year.

Because a large number of laborers had a proper job, the social instability factors were reduced a lot. Although there were some local disharmony, it was generally calm.

The disharmony was in Zheng He Island and the former British Malaya area in Wanghaizhou.

These two places are now actually occupied by Lan Fang. During the large-scale epidemic last winter, the British and Americans scrambled to flee the above two places, and the Lan Fang government, not afraid of the virus, sent working groups and troops into the above two places to rescue the local residents from the threat of the plague.

Yes, it is a plague.

For this flu that has broken out twice, the pathological cause has not been figured out yet. It is called "flu" probably because the speed of transmission is similar to that of influenza, but from the perspective that penicillin can have an effect on viruses, even if it is a cold, it is a viral cold.

At this time, the medical conditions were not developed, many diseases were not subdivided, and the causes and types of diseases were not clearly divided, so in the above two places, this so-called "flu" became a plague.

When the danger came, the British and Americans only cared about protecting themselves and gave up the local residents. It is conceivable that the people in the British Malaya area on Wanghaizhou and the people in the Zheng He Island area hated the British and Americans.

Therefore, when the world war ended, when the British and Americans wanted to return to the above two places, they were strongly opposed by the local residents.

In early July, the Black Swan Castle on Penglai Island welcomed two special guests, Li Zongfang, a Malay, and Qin Huaren, a Filipino.

Well, it seems inappropriate to introduce these two people in this way, because both Li Zongfang and Qin Huaren consider themselves to be Lan Fang people, not the so-called "Malays" and "Filipinos".

Li Zongfang is indeed surnamed Li, with some Chinese blood, while Qin Huaren is an out-and-out Filipino and has nothing to do with the Chinese. However, in order to express his yearning, Qin Huaren changed his surname to "Qin", the same surname as Qin Zhiyuan, and changed his name to "Huaren" to express his determination.

Qin Zhiyuan cordially received the two people.

It seems that before meeting Qin Zhiyuan, both Li Zongfang and Qin Hua were familiar with Chinese etiquette. Therefore, as soon as they met, Li Zongfang and Qin Hua knelt on their knees to salute and kept saying "Long live".

This simply made Qin Zhiyuan stunned. To put it bluntly, Li Zongfang and Qin Huaren finally stood up from the ground, sat down on the chairs with half their buttocks respectfully, and made their requests cautiously.

Uh... If nothing else, just the way he sits on the chair makes Qin Zhiyuan feel uncomfortable just looking at it.

You can't correct it yet. If you do, the frightened Li Zongfang and Qin Hua people may think what they think, so just leave it to yourself.

"Your Majesty, before the minister came, we had discussed it with the village elders, and we all agreed that Lan Fang should be enclosed. Please grant your Majesty's permission to save us from abandoning our country and abandoning our people..." Li Zongfang seemed to have accepted some advice before. Regarding Han cultural education, there is nothing wrong with what he said. At least Qin Zhiyuan understood what Li Zongfang meant.

In comparison, Qin Hua's Chinese culture is much worse, but Qin Hua has his own way. He doesn't speak, he just sits on the chair and weeps, and from time to time he will kneel down and bang bang bang bang. It makes people laugh and cry.

"Of course it's good that you are willing to join Lanfang, but if you join Lanfang, you will have to give up all your previous rights and accept Lanfang's laws. Are you willing?" Qin Zhiyuan is businesslike.

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"Of course we are willing. We are willing to do our best for Your Majesty. We just ask Your Majesty to take you in." Li Zong spoke in dialect.

"Okay, if you live up to Lanfang, Lanfang will definitely live up to you." Qin Zhiyuan decided.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking me in." Li Zongfang bowed to the ground.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty..." Qin Hua kept thanking him, knelt down and kowtowed, causing Li Zongfang, who was bowing next to him, to feel embarrassed.

Really, such a comparison shows that Li Zongfang doesn't respect Qin Zhiyuan enough.

Of course Qin Zhiyuan didn't care. With just a look, two guards immediately came up to help Qin Hua and pressed him firmly on the chair.

Although Black Swan Castle is Qin Zhiyuan's palace, Qin Zhiyuan does not use eunuchs, and even the female officials in the palace have signed agreements.

It is said that the group of female officials sent by Huang Bohan and the others are now in the Black Swan Castle. Although these female officials are under the banner of "palace maids", looking at their last names, it is not difficult to understand the relationship between them and Huang Bohan and Guo Shenglong. Relationship, such a "official lady" has never served anyone, it would be nice not to be served by others.

After receiving Qin Zhiyuan's promise, Li Zongfang and Qin Huaren relaxed a lot, and gradually had some normal communication with Qin Zhiyuan, and the atmosphere was lively with questions and answers.

Since it is included, it is inevitable to talk about the treatment of these new immigrants. When Qin Zhiyuan explained Lan Fang's treatment, it was obvious that both Li Zongfang and Qin Hua had struggling expressions on their faces.

"What, are you having a problem? If you have a problem, just tell me, if you can solve it, I will definitely help you solve it." Qin Zhiyuan took care of everything.

Well, although Qin Zhiyuan is the king of Lanfang, he still doesn't have the habit of calling "lone" or "widow". When using the first person, Qin Zhiyuan is still used to using "I".

"There is no difficulty. It's just a pity that Sarawak has matured land and a well-constructed port. If..." Li Zongfang gritted his teeth and said what Qin Zhiyuan wanted to hear.

Those who can be selected as representatives to come to see Qin Zhiyuan must be prominent figures in the local area. Such people cannot be ordinary people. They are either the richest people in the world or the upper class with high status. These people all have rich families. , most of which are real estate. It is really painful for them to give up all their real estate and move their whole family to Lanfang.

"What if? If you have anything to say, just say it. Hesitating doesn't look like a descendant of my Han family." Qin Zhiyuan put a big hat on someone.

Li Zongfang's expression changed. Under Qin Zhiyuan's steady gaze, he finally stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, the hydrological conditions of Sarawak's port are excellent. There are thousands of hectares of fertile land nearby, and the rubber produced is sold overseas. It is really a geomantic treasure. If possible, we should still control Sarawak, and perhaps take this opportunity to annex all the territories of British Malaya in Wanghai State. This is the solution to long-term peace and stability."

Li Zongfang entered the role very quickly, and now he is considering the issue from Lan Fang's point of view.

"That's right, Your Majesty. I have a force of tens of thousands of people on Zhenghe Island. They have been trained. As soon as Your Majesty gives the order, I will have some handsome men to drive away the American devils and present the complete Zhenghe Island to His Majesty." "Foreign." Even though the Qinhua people don't look amazing, they are quite powerful.

This is called a "voting certificate".