Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

At the end of 1870, the Franco-Prussian War had finally come to an end. The Interim Defence Government had also surrendered, and they had given up their siege of Paris.

The sounds of gunfire finally gradually died down, and what replaced it was the church bells celebrating Christmas!

Christmas was the most important holiday for the Europeans, but Xiao Letian clearly did not have this good luck to rest, so he had become extremely busy during this period.

One was the war in the Philippines. At this moment, almost all of the diplomats from all over Europe had flocked to France, one was to mediate the Franco-Prussian War, and the other was to advise Xiao Letian not to change the current situation in Southeast Asia.

The Spanish Interim Government had already gone mad. They protested to Xiao Letian and reiterated that the incident with the Dragonfish was an accident!

Even the Spanish newspapers began to say that this was a Chinese scheme and a Chinese evil!

All the countries that had enmity with Xiao Letian protested strongly and openly stood on the side of Spain. There were even countries that expressed their willingness to give Spain a strong Cossack mercenary army.

Even the Queen of Spain, who had gone into exile in the southern part of France, had begun to try to rope in the various factions in the southern part of France.

The Netherlands also had its own colony in Southeast Asia. Ever since the outbreak of the war in Brunei, they had felt a deep threat!

However, the Dutch nation was too weak to fight against the Chinese army alone. Seeing that the Spaniard was in trouble, he quickly took this opportunity to throw an olive branch at Spain.

The Netherlands expresses its strong concern about the situation and is ready to provide humanitarian material support to the Spanish garrison in the Philippines!

What is material support? I'm afraid the only force that's going to support them is the naval fleet!

The crisis in the Philippines had even diluted the influence of the Franco-Prussian War. Diplomats across Europe had a busy Christmas!

Xiao Letian did not fear the incoming pressure at all and continued to use his strong words to counterattack. The incident with the Dragonfish, the Chinese firmly believed that it was the Spaniard's doing and had even dug out hundreds of years of old debts.

Don't think that the Chinese are easily bullied at this moment. The newspapers that have invested in these past few years should also be mobilized. Public opinion cannot always be controlled by you Europeans!

Through all the bloody reports, he finally found out what the Spaniard had done in the past few hundred years in front of the kind people of Europe.

After the baptism of the Franco-Prussian War, the Chinese international influence had been greatly improved, and the governments of various countries had to be very careful in dealing with the Chinese affairs.

Although the politicians wanted to directly seal Xiao Letian's newspaper, they did not dare. The current Chinese people were not people that the Great Qing could casually bully!

What's the use of arguing in the media? After all, the media affected the hearts of the people, and in the hands of the public, there were lots of votes.

European politicians sometimes have to say something ungrateful about the votes!

After all, most of the countries in Europe were monarchs at the moment. The rights of the people were incomparable to those of the 21st century, and in this world, one's fist was the most powerful.

Xiao Letian was patiently waiting for the good news from Asia. He was very clear that only victory and wild victory could make these arrogant Europeans understand the reality.

Xiao Letian never believed that the strong powers in Europe would go to war with the rising Chinese for the sake of a Spain. As long as Asia obtained an overwhelming advantage, the rest would just be bargaining at the negotiating table.

One Christmas plus the following New Year's Celebration, Xiao Letian had become the busiest person. The soldiers could rest now.

These Chinese soldier were Prussian guests with priority in logistics. At Christmas and New Year's, the Prussian logistics department provided more than twice as much holiday supplies to Chinese soldiers as other Prussian army's.

Looking at his own soldiers who were guarding the bonfire and eating barbecue and drinking wine, Xiao Letian really wanted to throw away everything and join in, but seeing the mountainous report on the table and the huge amount of documents that were waiting for his approval, he could only sigh in pain.

However, at the same time, Xiao Letian still had to pay more attention to the internal changes in Paris. Especially the Paris Commune, who had very complicated feelings towards this organization, Xiao Letian.

After Trochu signed the truce and surrender agreement, he had secretly called a meeting of all the top Chinese officials. At the meeting, the leader had made an important judgement on the situation that was about to unfold.

"Paris Commune will lose! These idealists did not even have a clear idea of their true strength. They have already fallen into a frenzy and think that they are invincible! "

"Don't be fooled by the pretense that they are so powerful. The gathering of hundreds of thousands of people is obviously very impressive, especially when there are millions of poor people behind them!"

"But this is just virtual fire! Once the anxious energy has been released, what awaits them will be eternal damnation! "

The officials did not question the head's judgment, but accepting his final judgment did not mean that they had understood the logic behind it.

Xiang Ying was the first to raise the question, "Of course I don't doubt the leader's judgement, but isn't the defeat you mentioned a bit too pessimistic?"

"You have to understand that the power of the government of the France Republic is very weak. Even if a war broke out between the two sides, the result would probably be both sides suffering!"

"A draw, or a small loss... Won't it appear? "

Xiao Letian shook his head with a serious expression: "No, definitely not! "There's no draw, nor is there a small loss. The final result is a terrible defeat, an extremely tragic defeat …"

"If you don't believe me, we can bet. A few days later, at Christmas, you will be able to make the same judgement as me!"

What do you want to see for Christmas? Xiao Letian said very clearly, Christmas depends on the supplies in Paris.

The Paris besieging city was the most tragic siege of the late 19th century. All of the resources in Paris had been completely used up, especially food, fuel, medical supplies, and so on.

All the rats in the city had been eaten, all the animals in the zoo, all the pets in the family, had all entered people's stomachs!

When General Trochu surrendered, their first request was to let the Prussian army open all the city gates. They had to at least ensure that the food supplies were sent into the city.

This was a humanitarian rescue, of course Bismark would not stop it!