"Selling newspapers! Selling newspapers! Great Qing Daily!"
"Rong Lu intends to rebel! He had been exterminated and had lost 25 million taels of his family's wealth!”
"The Qing Dynasty established a new army of three towns, a total of 100,000 people, all trained by Western instructors, their combat strength is not inferior to Western soldiers.”
"The Qing Dynasty purchased three of the latest ironclads, and the Northern Navy became the number one navy in Asia!”
A group of children was holding a thick stack of newspapers and selling them.
"Come, come! Give me one!"
"I want one!"
Everyone scrambled to bid for it. Originally, they could only hear about it in the teahouse. Now that they could see it with their own eyes, they naturally wanted to buy it. Even if they were illiterate, they would be told the stories of how to read.
100,000 copies of the Da Qing Daily were sold out in a morning, and they had no choice but to print more urgently.
"Rong Lu is dead? Or rebellion! Our emperor is really bold!“
" The latest ironclads? Did I hear wrongly?“
"Didn't you read what was written on it? These ironclads are even bigger than the ones from the other countries near the Qing Kingdom. Only those from their own countries can come over and fight!“
Doesn't that mean we don't have to be afraid of Westerners?“
"Maybe! However, there should be no need to be afraid of the pirates!“
"We must train more new soldiers. We have been afraid of the foreigners all these years!“
Most of the people were still discussing military matters, and most of them were disdainful of the war of words between the Westernization Faction and the diehards. Only those with true insight would pay attention to it.
Once Rong Lu's matter came out, all the officials were panic-stricken, and no one dared to be the bird that stood out. Since ancient times, as long as the word rebellion was involved, it would be a bloody storm. However, undercurrents were also brewing, waiting for Wang Guangxu to make a mistake.
East Ocean Empire.
The Qing court had already established a new army and purchased three huge ironclad ships, Ding, Zhen, and Ji! Why didn't you tell me earlier!“
Emperor Meiji smashed the memorial in his hand onto Ito Ufumi's body and roared.
"Your Majesty! The empire had just begun to recover, and they did not have that much money! And we have also contacted the British side and asked them to sell us two 4,000-ton ironclads, but the price is too high!“
Ito Bowen didn't dare to make any movements and answered respectfully.
"From today onwards, the salary of the royal family will be reduced by one-fifth and used to purchase warships. Our Red Sun Empire is different from the Great Qing Empire. They can afford to delay, but we can't!“
Ito Bowen's expression softened after hearing his explanation. He knew the situation in his country.
"Ha Yi!“
Yiteng Bowen didn't dare to delay and immediately got up to prepare.
The emperor is getting older. He can't wait, and the country can't wait! He couldn't compete with the Qing Kingdom anymore!“
That was what he thought.
" And North Korea's plan has been brought forward!“
Emperor Meiji said as Ito Hakufumi walked out of the door.
"Ha Yi!“
Ito Bowen's footsteps quickened…
…………
Berlin
"Prime Minister! Fu Erkeng had sent news that the Qing people wanted to build two first-class ironclads! Moreover, they would need to build 60,000 tons of ironclad ships every three years!“
A minister was reporting to Bismarck.
When did Qing Ren become so bold? What conditions do they have?“
The legendary iron-blooded prime minister looked a little surprised. He had been forced to breathe by Britain and France recently, and he had no choice but to choose to ally with Russia. It had been a long time since he paid attention to the empire in the east.
"Recently, the little emperor of the East has taken over the government. They asked us to help train the navy and engineers! The soldier requested to increase the number of international students, and he had already arrived in Berlin! However, they were willing to provide all the expenses.”
He finished speaking quickly, and his head was already covered in cold sweat.
"Haha! Young people are really bold! Agree to their request. The empire was short of money recently! He would just let this country divert the attention of England and France.”
Bismarck only smiled and stopped paying attention to it.
At the same time:
The British and French sent telegrams requesting the Qing government to treat everyone equally and use the principle of equal benefits to build warships there...
"Li Hongzhang, you go wrangle over this matter! What I want is a first-class ironclad ship. Don't make trash!”
Wang Guangxu threw the telegram aside. He did not believe that the British and French would give up their best warships so that they could build fewer. The fact that Germany was willing to provide 7000-ton warships was an exception.
"Yes, sir!"
Li Hongzhang's forehead was covered in cold sweat. The British and French envoys were already waiting for him there.
"Also, try not to make anything in France. Just buy ready-made ones!”
Wang Guangxu left with a sentence that made no sense…
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