Strictly speaking, Bai Qi is the emperor of Ryukyu and Japan, which is not very obvious in Ryukyu, and in Japan, even Tokugawa Liyan must be respectful in front of Bai Qi.
As the first foothold of the Shoma Group in the Far East, Ryukyu was already an all-Chinese country, and the indigenous Ryukyus who originally lived on Ryukyu Island were all relocated to Japan in the name of land exchange, Kagoshima, where the Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji government fought the most fiercely, and the local residents either fled or died in the war, and there was a large amount of unclaimed land, which was just used to settle Ryukyu immigrants.
In the process of land exchange, of course, all kinds of violent means are indispensable, especially after the fugitive Kagoshima residents returned to Kagoshima, the resentment of the Ryukyus and the Japanese against Hakuki reached its peak for a time, which led to a new force, and finally all dissatisfaction was forcefully suppressed, in Japan, Hakuki has a nickname called "peerless murderer", which truly reflects the attitude of the Japanese towards Hakuqi.
Although at this stage, forced by the situation, the Japanese do not dare to openly oppose Bai Qi's high-pressure rule, but no one can say in the future, maybe one day, Bai Qi will be counteroffensive when he steps down, so Bai Qi needs a way out, at least this can ensure that Bai Qi spends his old age in peace, Li Mu has always been generous to his subordinates, and he can't do anything like a bird's bow.
"Good fishing, I've wanted to go fishing in Taoyuan City for a long time, and when I solve the old Maozi, I'll go to Taoyuan."
Bai Qi is still thinking about work, but this requirement is a bit high, and it is estimated that it will take another few decades before it can be realized.
There are many people who hate Russia, and most of Europe hates Russia to the core, and the establishment of the Three Emperors Alliance has alleviated the crisis in Russia to a certain extent, but even Germany and Austria-Hungary know that the Russians are actively looking for an alliance to alleviate the shadow caused by the defeat in the Crimean War, which is just an expedient measure for the Russians.
International relations are like this, there are no eternal friends, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, in fact, Germany and Austria-Hungary in the Three Emperors Alliance are also impure motives, but this will not prevent the three empires from holding together to keep warm, the British and the French are too strong in the world, not a certain country can contend with, the Germans and Russians hope that the United States will also join the Three Emperors Alliance, but Washington did not agree, for the United States, watching the fire from across the strait can obtain the greatest benefits, and the old continent is willing to fight casuallyWashington now just wants to do business while watching the excitement, and if it weren't for the strong demand of Li Mu and his gang of capitalists, Washington would not even be willing to fight the Spanish-American War.
This is also the reason why the United States did not establish a colonial government in Luzon, to be honest, the United States has never been very interested in the Far East, and in another time and space, the Philippines has voted twice for annexation to the United States, but Washington has not agreed, and even Mexico has voted for annexation to the United States, and Washington has not agreed.
In a way, Americans, like the Chinese, have the same deep obsession with land, why did the United States buy Alaska because Alaska has no permanent residents; Why did the United States attack Montana, because the United States wanted to exterminate the Indians, so that the Americans could rightfully occupy the United States.
In the same way, it is impossible for the Americans to kill all the Mexicans, so the United States does not agree to the annexation of Mexico to the United States, and the same is true for Luzon Impossible.
"It's very difficult to deal with Maozi, you have to be mentally prepared."
Li Mu reminded Bai Qi that if he didn't do it well, Bai Qi would be good in Ryukyu in this life, and there would never be a day to get out.
A country with a population of more than 100 million and an area of more than 20 million square kilometers, no one dares to underestimate it, as long as Mao Zi is not beaten to death with a stick, Mao Zi will be able to ease up.
Fortunately, the Japanese are also a nation known for their tenacity, and Maozi is half a catty.
"Hehe, listen to Judas, someone in St.
Petersburg proposed to build the Far Eastern Railway, so the guy who proposed was assigned to the Far East, Maozi's territory is indeed large, but it is too big, it takes a year to walk from St.
Petersburg to Vladivostok, last year in St.
Petersburg there were people clamoring to reinforce Vladivostok, and as a result, who came and who did not come, the East Siberian Governor of Maozi picked up the son to return to St.
Petersburg, and after the opening of the sea, I sent someone to fight Vladivostok, Maozi wanted to send people to reinforce, first think about how to pass the British pass."
Bai Qi has no fear, there are too many enemies in Russia, and I don't know how many people are waiting to throw stones into the well.
The Pacific detachment of the Russians in Vladivostok has only a few small wrecked ships, and there is not much combat effectiveness, and if reinforcements from land do not work, then it will have to be by sea, and the sea route must first pass through the English Channel, and then through the Strait of Gibraltar through the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal through Malacca and finally arrive in Vladivostok, just by looking at these place names, you will know how far the distance is, not to mention that because of the bad relations between the British and the Russians, the British let the Russians pass, even if the Russians pass, Whether the Russian warship can successfully reach Vladivostok or not depends on two theories.
In another time and space, thirty years later, the Russo-Japanese War broke out, when Russia reinforced Vladivostok from the sea, and the warships ran at sea for eight months, which was still a new type of warship after the upgrade, and now the Russians are still equipped with paddle steamers, even sail warships, the latest propeller-propelled warships, the Russians just want to buy it and have no money, and they have to rely on sails from Northern Europe to Vladivostok, which is not much more difficult than Magellan's circumnavigation of the world.
"How many troops does Russia have in Vladivostok" Li Mu knew that Russia was very bad at this time, but he didn't expect Russia to be so bad, think about the Russia that Li Mu learned, the Russia that Bai Qi said is more in line with the current situation of Russia.
"Less than two thousand."
Bai Qi laughed, this can be said to be a war that must be won, and Bai Qi has no need to worry about it at all.
Before the Far East Railway was built, Russia's plundering of the Qing State can be said to be complete blackmail, at the time of the Battle of Yaksa, Russia only had 800 people, and was besieged by more than 20,000 people of the Qing Empire, the Qing State was unable to attack the city, and the Russians were unable to break through, and in the end the two sides could only negotiate peace; During the Opium War, the Russians did not send a single soldier, and took advantage of the victory of Britain and France over the Qing Empire, and took advantage of the fire to loot, all relying on blackmail to cut more than one million square kilometers of territory from the Qing Empire; By 1900, the Trans-Siberian Railway had been built for more than half of the time, and the Russians finally had a presence in the Far East, at which time the Russians no longer concealed it, and were finally able to send more than 5,000 people to participate in the Eight-Nation Alliance, which was all the troops that the Russians could send in the Far East at that time.
By the way, it is customary for people to think that the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance was led by the British, because the commander-in-chief of the coalition was the Englishman Wadsey, but in fact it was not, Wadsey came to the Qing Empire after the allied forces invaded the capital; Some people regard Japan as the culprit, because Japan sent the most troops, but in fact it was not, and Japan's international status at that time could not do this at all, and Japan at that time was also a dog.
The real culprit is Russia, you must know that the commander-in-chief of Russia at that time was Tsar Nicholas II himself, the chief of staff was the chief of the army Kuropatkin, other countries do not attach so much importance to Russia, and there is no Russian ambition for the land, the "Yellow Russia" plan was started at that time, Kulopatkin said unmistakably: this will give us an excuse to occupy Manchuria.
"him, take advantage of his illness to kill him."
Li Mu did not hesitate, waiting for Russia to build the Trans-Siberian Railway, the war will be protracted, and now is the best time.
"Russian Reem, you have to think about it."
Rockefeller listened for a long time, and finally understood what Li Mu was going to do, it can't be said that Rockefeller is dull, it is really that Russia's emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, Rockefeller dares to scare the Spaniards, dare to scare the Dutch, but in the face of the Russians, Rockefeller has no bottom in his heart.
"It's that I didn't make it clear, it's not to him, it's to dig his corner."
Li Mu thought about it for a while, and changed it to a more acceptable way.
Although Russia has just lost the Crimean War, but for Europe, the Russians with a population of more than 100 million are still too strong, and Russia has enough strategic depth, and the weather determines that if the Russians cannot be completely killed in the summer, then the Russians have a chance to turn over, and Napoleon has verified this.
Strategic depth is sometimes a good thing, sometimes it is also a bad thing, in this era when the Siberian Railway has not yet begun to be built, for Siberia, strategic depth is a fatal flaw, and "war", the description of "digging the foot of the wall" is appropriate, the long distance determines that the Russians are unable to reinforce, Li Mu does not need to face a complete Russia.
"That's crazy."
Rockefeller couldn't understand Li Mu's attachment to Russia, if it was just to sell arms, then this reason was too far-fetched.
"Crazy, I don't think, a strong Achilles like Achilles also has an Achilles heel, and it's the same for Russia, look at the map, don't you think Russia's land area is too big" Li Mu doesn't think that Russia is invincible, the sun never sets, the empire is powerful, and it will be reduced to a second-rate country in a few decades, nothing in this world is immutable.
"That's something Washington has to think about, we're just businessmen."
Rockefeller kindly reminded that Li Mu's current behavior has gradually deviated from the category of businessman.
There is no way to explain this, Li Mu can't say directly, all this is to create a better living environment for the Chinese, the US government is not worried about the Chinese immigration to the United States, and is not worried about Li Mu fanning the flames everywhere for the sake of interests, but the overall number of Chinese is too much, this pot Washington can't carry it, and it won't let Li Mu carry it.
In fact, Li Mu is ready to return to the United States, although it is still a little cold in New York in March, but Colombia is very warm, and the treasure of the Padmanaba Swami Temple stimulates Rockefeller, who can't wait to drain the waters of the Golden Lake and find the treasures of the legendary Indians, for Rockefeller, this is the top priority at the moment, not distant Siberia.
At the end of March, Li Mu and Rockefeller left Luzon on the "Sea Heavy Cavalry" to return to the United States, and after arriving in San Francisco, the "Sea Heavy Cavalry" will be donated to the Pacific Fleet.
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At the beginning of April, according to the plan, the samurai of the Ezo Company, who had been holding back for a winter on Sakhalin Island, began to march in the direction of Vladivostok.
Yes, it is an advance, not an attack, the Western Siberian Governor's Office, in order to strengthen the defense of Vladivostok, concentrated all the Russians near Vladivostok to Vladivostok, ready to hold on and wait for reinforcements, in order to clear the wilderness, the Russians burned all the houses outside Vladivostok and filled all the wells, fortunately, the Russians did not do anything and did not poison the water source, this is the Russians preparing for the return of their homeland in the future, as in all previous wars, the Russians firmly believe, The Ezo offensive could not last long.
At this time, the number of Russians in Vladivostok had increased to as many as 40,000, and in order to reduce consumption, the Chinese and Koreans in Vladivostok were killed, except for some people who left Vladivostok early, and all the Chinese and Koreans who did not leave Vladivostok in time were slaughtered by the Russians. 40,000 people sounds like a lot, but it is still dwarfed by the Ezo company, which has recruited a large number of vagrant samurai from Japan and a large number of poor people from Korea, and has killed more than 1,000 people in Sakhalin, but has recruited more, and now the Ezo company has more than 20,000 men, who have been trained on Sakhalin all winter, and the people who train them are also mercenary instructors provided by the Far East Company.
In order to make the servant army have combat effectiveness as soon as possible, the Cochinchina Governor's Office spent a lot of money, not only hiring instructors for the servant army, but also purchasing a batch of munitions and equipment from the Horse Weapons Company.
Of course, after paying the instructor's commission, the Governor's Office of Cochinchina did not have the money to pay for the munitions, so the money was borrowed from the Bank of America in the name of the Governor's Office of Cochinchina, and as collateral, the Bank of America took over the customs of Cochinchina, and the Bank of America promised to repay the loan at the same time, and return a part of the tax revenue to the Governor's Office of Jiaochinchina to maintain the operation of the Governor's Office of Jiaochinchina.
However, the repayment period is also surprisingly long, and if nothing else, the customs of Cochinchina will be controlled by the Bank of America for the next 30 years.
This is the destructiveness of the arms dealers, they left lightly, without taking a single cloud, and after Li Mu left, only the ground was full of devastation
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