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Although Lin Yuan already had foreigners ready to help the Qing court one-sidedly, he was still surprised when he saw the news. Lin Yuan held the newspaper and said, "All possible help, what does this mean?"

Shen Wanqing said: "Now we are not sure about the attitude of the British."

Lin Yuan asked: "Has our intelligence in the UK provided any valuable information?"

Shen Wanqing said: "No! This news came too suddenly. There was no trouble in the society before. My analysis should come from the highest level."

Lin Yuan asked, "Did the Qing government send someone to England?"

Shen Wanqing said: "We have no way of knowing this. Britain has hundreds of ports, large and small. If the people from the Qing court did not file a record with the embassy, ​​we would never know about it!"

Lin Yuan thought for a while and said, "Have our people infiltrated the British military organization?"

Shen Wanqing said: "We have bribed informants in the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Navy and other agencies."

Lin Yuan said: "Well, closely monitor the movement of the British army. The British are too far away from us, so it is unlikely to transfer troops from the mainland. They should transfer troops from the colony of India, but the order to transfer troops will definitely pass through the mainland. "

Shen Wanqing said: "Okay, I'll make arrangements now."

Lin Yuan said: "I know that the amount of information that needs to be transmitted this time is relatively large. Let's use the recently built China-Europe communication cable."

Shen Wanqing nodded, and Lin Yuan said, "Go ahead, I'm going to contact Beijing and discuss these matters with the British ambassador."

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he said to a telegraph operator: "Prepare to send a telegram to the British embassy." A telegraph operator came over with a pen and paper and prepared to record. Just as Lin Yuan was about to say the content of the telegram, he saw Shen Wanqing still standing where he was and did not leave. Lin Yuan asked, "Wan Qing, is there anything else you need to do? Why don't you go back?"

Shen Wanqing said: "I have more important matters, you should send a telegram to the British embassy first, and I will talk about it after the telegram is sent."

Lin Yuan said: "Well, they will definitely not reply so quickly when the telegram is sent out, so you can tell while I'm waiting." Shen Wanqing smiled and nodded, Lin Yuan looked at the telegraph operator and said, "Today I am deeply shocked to see your government’s statement. Whether China is in power by the Qing court or Lin is in power, it should be left to the Chinese people to decide for themselves! Lin is deeply disappointed in your government! Well, that’s it.”

The telegraph operator repeated it, turned around and left, Shen Wanqing asked, "Is the wording a bit soft?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "No, this is just a tentative telegram. I will send a more serious telegram later. Didn't you say that there is something more important? What is it? Is it news about Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi? "

Shen Wanqing shook her head and said: "No, Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi have disappeared since they appeared on Mount Tai at the beginning of the month! Our people are also looking for them."

Feeling disappointed for a while, Lin Yuan asked, "What is that?"

Shen Wanqing said: "It's a piece of information about the Qing army's presence in Jinan City. I just received it. Through this information, we know that the upcoming battle in Jinan will be very difficult!"

Lin Yuan immediately asked, "What's the problem? Could it be that the foreigners have sent a large number of troops?"

Shen Wanqing said: "It's more difficult than that, you can take a look at this." Shen Wanqing said and handed a document to Lin Yuan, only to see that it read: "Lin Ni bandits are so cruel, God People in Beijing, Baoding, Hejian, Dezhou and other places have been massacred by the bandits!"

"Every time Lin Ni's bandit soldiers broke through a city, the men would pierce the collarbone with iron chains and form a string, drive them outside the city, distribute shovels, dig several deep pits, and order people to jump down after digging, and let the people behind Buried alive, and so on and on, hundreds of thousands of people in the city were killed!"

"Women are all stripped of their clothes, and their ages are tested. Those who are younger than ten years old, and those who are older than 40 years old will be killed immediately! The rest are all pretending to be camp prostitutes, tied to wooden posts with iron ropes and grass ropes every day, and are humiliated... "

Lin Yuan put down the document and said with a smile, "I'm used to this kind of slander for a long time, what's so interesting about it."

Shen Wanqing said: "Look at the end! In the end, the Qing army called on the people to take up their swords and guns and fight us to the death. There are more than a dozen gun distribution places below. According to our informant: the rich people in the city almost Everyone escaped from the city, and those who escaped without money, regardless of age or sex, had a gun in their hands!"

Lin Yuan was surprised when he heard this and said, "Everyone has a gun? The Qing court has so many guns?"

Shen Wanqing said: "It must have been sent by the British. Three days ago, a British transport team entered the Xiaoqing River from Laizhou Bay and arrived in Jinan along the Xiaoqing River. At that time, we didn't know what the transport team was carrying. Now we finally understand: what was in there was a gun!"

Lin Yuan thought for a while and said, "Wan Qing, your situation is really important. Without this situation, our troops would have suffered heavy losses if they invaded the city!" After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the telegram beside him. member, said: "Get me the psychological warfare unit."

After connecting, Lin Yuan ordered: "Prepare the propaganda bomb immediately, and ask the artillery unit to cooperate and shoot the propaganda bomb into Jinan City." After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Shen Wanqing and said with a smile: "Wan Qing, take the leaflet Send it to the psychological warfare team, they will write promotional materials according to the content of the leaflet."

Shen Wanqing said: "Okay, I'll go deliver the leaflets now."

As soon as Shen Wanqing left, the telegraph operator came over and said, "Shuai Lin, the British embassy has called back."

Lin Yuan said in surprise, "It's so fast?" He took the telegram from the telegraph operator, and saw that it said: The British Empire government only recognizes the Qing Empire government, and will no longer maintain diplomatic relations with Lin Yuan's newly established regime. , and will leave Beijing in the near future for Shanghai.

After reading the telegram, Lin Yuan immediately thought: "It seems that the British have completely turned to the Qing court. With the statement of the British, other countries don't know what will happen? Also, we have a lot of trade with the UK. , I don’t know if this matter will have an impact on our trade.”

Lin Yuan thought of this and immediately contacted Zhang Hua, and he was relieved when he learned that the British company had not canceled the trade order. Lin Yuan knew that the production process of the civilian products sold now is relatively simple, and can provide jobs for ordinary people. The product has been sold all over the world, and it has indeed helped many people find employment!If countries around the world cancel orders one after another, the impact on the economy will undoubtedly be huge.

But Lin Yuan was not very worried, because he held a lot of wealth and technology in his hands, which was enough to wrestle with all countries in the world. What really worried Lin Yuan was: foreigners might directly send troops to interfere, especially the Japanese, the Japanese army The combat power is extremely strong. When he was fighting in the Northeast, he spent a hundred times as much on the Japanese army as he did on the Russian army!

Lin Yuan calmed down and began to deploy the attack on Jinan. The attack first required intelligence, so Lin Yuan sent a reconnaissance force to collect the situation of Jinan's city defense; He paused the attack and asked the technical department to speed up the modification of the tanks, while he waited for the defense situation. He waited until night before collecting information about the defense situation of the Qing army in Jinan City.