Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Lin Yuan returned to Lushun Port and ordered the troops to get ready, and set off around February [-] to attack the Petropavlovsk military port. After a big victory, the troops were very happy, and Lin Yuan ordered the troops to take a holiday After three days of rest, Lin Xuezhi came to Lin Yuan and said, "Feng Lao Liu and those spies have already told everything, what should they do?"

Lin Yuan said: "Just like other spies, lock them up first."

Lin Xuezhi hesitated and asked: "As for that girl Yingzi, can my brother let her go? She is also Chinese."

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Okay, as long as she doesn't fight us anymore, we can let her go, and you can handle this matter at your own discretion."

Lin Xuezhi nodded and left. A day later in the morning, Lin Yuan suddenly received a report: "The British Consul General in Fengtian, Anderson, asked to see me."

Lin Yuan frowned when he heard the name. It turned out that Anderson had dealt with Lin Yuan a lot, especially had conflicts with Lin Yuan about whether the British Consulate could send British guards. Lin Yuan firmly refused. Let the British Consulate be equipped with British guards, but let the guards be Chinese. Anderson's arms can't twist his thighs, so he has to let it go. Since then, he has been in the same fire as Lin Yuanshi.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Usually Anderson hates me to death. Seeing that I don't even say hello, what can I do now?" So Lin Yuan asked, "Where is he now?"

The subordinate said: "Shuai Lin, you said that outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering the Lushun base, so I arranged him in the reception center of the Lushun City Government."

Lin Yuan asked: "Did he not say anything?"

The subordinate shook his head and said, "No, he refuses to talk about his affairs, saying that this matter is very confidential, and he must meet you in person before he can tell."

Lin Yuan thought: "This is strange! What is it that is so secret?" So Lin Yuan said: "Prepare the car for me, I will go to Lushun to meet him." The subordinates then prepared the car and came soon In Lushun City, since Lin Yuan became the governor of the three northeastern provinces, he has held the power of appointment and dismissal in his hands, so that the officials in the main cities are all trained by Lin Yuan.

And in big and small cities, people’s clothes are also very different from those in Guan. Many people cut off their ugly braids. Lin Yuan sat in the car and watched the places he ruled gradually become modern. Feeling the breath of China, he couldn't help being very happy. Lin Yuan quickly came to the reception center, came to the living room, and met Anderson.

Anderson was sitting alone in the living room, and there was a black-haired, black-eyed Chinese standing next to him. He was holding a pen and paper in his hand. He looked like a translator. Lin Yuan looked at the Chinese translator and thought: "Anderson You can speak Chinese more fluently than I do, and you pretend to bring an interpreter, and it's not a formal negotiation, so why are you trying to play tricks on me like this?"

Although Lin Yuan was thinking wildly, he didn't say anything. Anderson didn't have any extra greetings when he saw Lin Yuan. He directly handed Lin Yuan a letter and said, "I'm here to give you this letter."

Lin Yuan frowned, and asked, "You ran from Fengtian to Lushun just to send me a letter?"

Anderson nodded and said, "This letter is very important. Mr. Hirobumi Ito asked me to give it to you."

When Lin Yuan heard that the letter was given to him by Hirobumi Ito, he couldn't help being surprised, and thought: "Hirofumi Ito is also my old opponent. In the year of Jiawu, I had a lot of contests with him at the negotiating table. Later, we fought against them again. Diplomacy It has been disconnected, why did he suddenly write to me now?"

Lin Yuan opened the letter, and saw the letter read: "General Lin Yuan, I will soon send a secret envoy to your place for secret talks, hoping to arrange relevant matters properly, signed: Ito Hirobumi, February 29, Meiji [-]."

Lin Yuan cursed secretly in his heart: "So it was just one sentence! Good you Ito Hirobumi, can someone just tell me and it's over? It's still so mysterious, what do you want to do?"

Lin Yuan was thinking about it, and Anderson asked: "Have you finished reading it? Please write a reply letter after reading it, and I will forward it back."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I want to see what tricks the Japanese have arranged for me." Then Lin Yuan rushed outside and shouted: "Bring me a pen and paper and an envelope." Soon the attendants brought these things, Lin Yuan picked up a brush and wrote a few words little by little, then folded the paper, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Anderson.

The moment the letter was handed out, Anderson didn't move. The translator beside him reached out to take the letter. Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It's normal for the translator to help you receive the letter." But the translator opened the envelope and took out the letter to read. Get up!Lin Yuan thought in surprise: "It stands to reason that Anderson himself shouldn't have read this letter, but this translator is so bold, take out this letter and read it!"

The translator put down the letter before Lin Yuan could ask, and smiled at Lin Yuan in Japanese: "Mr. Lin Yuan agreed to have a secret talk with us, that's great!"

Lin Yuan looked at the translator and asked in surprise, "Are you Japanese?"

The interpreter smiled and stretched out his hand, and said, "My humble Matsumoto Yunqing is a student of Ito-sensei, and now Ito-sensei's secret envoy. I have come here to discuss secret talks with you."

Lin Yuan said: "I have made it very clear in the letter, I agree to the secret talk, you decide the time and place, can you decide now?"

Matsumoto Yunqing said with a smile: "The time will be tomorrow, and the location, Anton on the border between China and North Korea, what do you think?"

Lin Yuan asked: "Why do you want to get it to the border, can't we just talk here?"

Matsumoto Yunqing smiled and said, "Let's go to the border. Our Emperor has a gift for you."

Lin Yuan asked: "If you have a gift, can't you bring it here?"

Matsumoto Yunqing smiled mysteriously: "This gift is not convenient to bring, it is more convenient to go to the border."

Lin Yuan was very puzzled, but he didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, Anton was under his control, and the elite Fourth Division was stationed there. Lin Yuan was not afraid that the Japanese would play tricks. The next day, Lin Yuan and Matsumoto Yunqing After going to Andong, Matsumoto Yunqing invited Lin Yuan to a Chinese outpost near the border of the two sides, opposite to the Japanese army outpost, and said to Lin Yuan, "Please accept the gift now."

After Matsumoto Yunqing finished speaking, he waved to the opposite side, and soon a car drove up and stopped nearby. When the car door opened, two women got out from inside, one looked about 50 or [-] years old, and the other In their twenties, both women are thin and plainly dressed.

Several Japanese soldiers came to Lin Yuan with two women, and Lin Yuan saw the faces of the two women clearly. They turned out to be the queen of Ryukyu King Shangtai and her daughter—Princess Yunlan!When Lin Yuan was negotiating in Japan, Shen Wanqing used the disguise technique to rescue Ryukyu king Shangtai, and then took Ryukyu from Japan, but Princess Yunlan and the queen stayed in Japan.

Lin Yuan was also unable to rescue them. Fortunately, the Japanese government only put them under house arrest and did not embarrass them. After all, embarrassing a mother and daughter is a very disgraceful thing in the world. Matsumoto Yunqing saw Lin Yuan Surprised, he smiled and said, "Mr. Lin Yuan, are you still satisfied with the gift from His Majesty the Emperor?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Emperor Meiji actually sent them back to me, what is his intention?"