After the Chinese Command determined its strategy against Tsarist Russia, Queen Isabel's fleet arrived in Guangzhou, and from the Queen's fleet arrived in Greater Aceh, the Chinese armed fleet was accompanied by the guards.

Li Hongzhang, the Prime Minister and Deputy Minister of the State Council, went to Guangzhou and accompanied Queen Isabel to Tianjin north. The empress of the Empire personally went to Tianjin to greet her and gave Queen Isabel a noble courtesy.

In the Yuewu Tower in the capital, - Piao Tianwen - Yang Weiwan is very beautiful.

It is an excellent enjoyment to enjoy the performing actors at a close distance, but Bai Xiangyu may be too nervous and can't handle the minor sings in several places, and it's only three or five steps away from the emperor. This kind of pressure is not something that everyone can bear.

Queen Isabel naturally couldn't hear it. She kept applauding softly, and Eastern culture and art really opened her eyes.

If the extremely neat infantry and cavalry formations made her feel the awe-inspiring power of this Eastern country, the glorious and nobleness of the Eastern palaces, the mysterious style of the royal family, and the mystery of various operas made her deeply feel the restrained and elegant style of the ancient country with a long history.

The oriental skyscrapers, electric lights, telephones, and motorcycles and airships declare that this ancient civilization gradually returns to the center of the world.

Now Queen Isabel is more eager to establish friendship with the Chinese. Although she has lost her privileges in Luzon and other places, the Chinese also allow the Spanish to trade in Luzon, let alone South American colonies will likely prosper and develop in trade with the Chinese and become the shining pearl on her crown.

In Chinese terms, this is the loss of the east and the harvest.

Looking at the young and mysterious emperor of the East, Queen Isabel blinked her beautiful eyes and said, "Your Majesty, thank you very much for taking your time to receive me."

The war between China and Russia is in urgent need. This Eastern emperor is also trying his best to compete with the Russians. Although he heard that the Chinese are winning victories, when facing the powerful European military police, any country will walk on thin ice when fighting with it. There are countless examples of Russians defeating first and then winning.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "It is my honor to be able to receive you." Ye Zhao has also taken time to learn foreign languages ​​over the years. Of course, they are more convenient to learn rather than considering universality. He mainly learns Russian, Japanese and Central Asian languages. Only German is the one he took the initiative to learn, while Spanish or French knows nothing, so he needs to translate when communicating with Isabel.

At this time, a guard hurried in and whispered a few words in Ye Zhao's ear.

Queen Isabel saw this and said, "Your Majesty, you can handle your affairs."

Ye Zhao waved his hand with a smile and said, "It's okay." He touched the teacup, but couldn't see anything.

The emergency telegram from the front just now, in Petropavlovsk, the citizens launched an uprising, overthrew the Petropavlovsk municipal government, declared "banning state oppression", and established the Petropavlovsk Free Commune Federation. The citizens elected eleven representatives of the Free Commune. Mr. Bakuning, the founder of anarchism, who was closely related to Ye Zhao, was elected as the chief representative of the Free Commune.

This was not in Ye Zhao's plan. Bakuning lost contact with Ye Zhao after returning to Russia.

Because of its butterfly wings, the Paris Commune failed to appear as scheduled, but instead a Liberty Commune appeared in Russian cities. Compared with the Paris Commune, the anarchist color of Petropavlovsk Liberty Commune is more intense.

Petropavlovsk was at the forefront of Russia. In fact, the Russian army had given up control over it and retreated westward to the Kurgan and the Tobor River.

The Chinese did not move westward due to the supply line issue, which caused a power vacuum to appear in Petropavlovsk, which was why the anarchist believers took advantage of the loopholes and launched an uprising in Petropavlovsk.

How should I deal with it? Ye Zhao slowly picked up the teacup.

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A few days later, when Queen Isabel was accompanied by Rong'er and went to the Mulan Hunting Ground with great enthusiasm, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a note from Prussia. King William I of Prussia proposed to mediate the Sino-Russian war, and accompanied by a long letter from Bismarck to Ye Zhao.

Seeing Bismarck's compliment to himself in the long letter, Ye Zhao couldn't help but shake his head. Perhaps Orientals now easily give people a sense of arrogance, and this national character seems to have been recognized in Europe.

Ye Zhao understood the Germans' thoughts that the French-Prussian War was the critical moment, but the Poles ruled in the eastern Prussian territory began to launch an armed struggle to demand independence. The cause was the Sino-Russian War that caused Russian corpses in the west to be transferred to the front line. In addition, the Russians' series of defeats made the Poles think this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Polish land divided by Russia, Prussia and Austro-Hungarian Empires never stopped for a moment. After all, Poland was once one of the first strong countries in Europe, and even the opponent that Russians feared. Its national consciousness has long been formed, which is completely different from other ruled nations.

Because the Russians' control over Polish territory weakened, the Poles' free movement developed to a climax and quickly evolved into an armed uprising.

The Germans naturally do not want the entire Greater Poland to be independent, and the Germans may not want Russia to decline completely. Speaking of which, the Prussian royal family and the Russian Tsarist royal family have very close blood relationships. Of course, the entire European royal family also has a common relationship with relatives. Many times, these blood relationships will have an impact on the political situation, and sometimes they can be ignored.

Prussia proposed mediation, and the Empire's Foreign Ministry reluctantly agreed after many consultations.

In fact, Ye Zhao was unable to ask for it. His strategy to the Russians was a long-term process, requiring both force and political influence to be carried out at the same time. Now, even if the whole country is devoted to the attack on Moscow and St. Petersburg, it only appears in front of the Russians as an invading army. For a big country like Russia, a century-legged insect will die without being stiff. Even if it is technically knocked down, its rebound force will definitely be stronger.

What's more, even if you make huge sacrifices, China will probably not completely defeat Russia now.

It is unrealistic to hope that the Ottoman Empire can share the pressure of war. Once it evolves, the situation of Austria declaring war on Russia at the same time will become complicated, which will completely change the war of European power balance, and may also cause interference from Europeans.

The best way to weaken it is to try every means to create conflicts in its country, dismember Russia, and disintegrate it, causing it to lose the development opportunities of a unified major country for a considerable period of time.

After more than a year of war, Ye Zhao's strategic thinking on the Russians has been clear. He also hopes to temporarily end the war with the Russians or end the first Sino-Russian War to digest the land obtained, and at the same time connect China's actual controlled territory and domestic territory as soon as possible through railways.

However, although the Russians face domestic turmoil and Turkey's troops, it is probably difficult to sign a ceasefire agreement now, right? If there is a peace agreement for cede land compensation, it is even more impossible.

As Ye Zhao thought, the Russians who believed that a large area of ​​territory were occupied by China said they would not sign an armistice agreement with the Chinese. However, with the mediation of Prussia, Chinese and Russian diplomats in Berlin still sat at the negotiating table. The Russian diplomats made a tough attitude that the basis of peace talks between the two countries was that China was unconditional withdrawal from Russian territory.

The Chinese have much clearer standpoints. Just as they were promoted in cities such as Novosibirsk, Chinese diplomats repeatedly stated that the Chinese are friends of the Russians and are here to help the Russians push back the rebellion and violent rule that overthrew the Tsar. At the same time, they also welcomed the awakened Russians to return to the Federation to become a member of the Chinese family.

In fact, the Chinese have begun to promote immigration to the southeastern plains of Western Siberia in spring. As for Central Siberia and East Siberia, the expedition team is also looking for habitable immigrant settlements while exploring the map.

In the Eastern Theater Command, Han Jinchun's troops had occupied all Russian ports and settlements on the eastern coast. The empire even announced ownership of Alaska, but no Chinese troops had entered this area yet.

However, with the support of the British, Canada's self-returning federation began to send expeditions into Alaska. After all, Russia negotiated with the Americans to sell Alaska to the United States. After the failure of the Crim War, it was afraid that the British would take Alaska away, so Russia would become a waste of money.

This colony bordering the Canadian Federation now seems to be deserted and the British are not very interested. However, some officials in the Canadian Federation believe that this is the best time to annex Alaska and will also prevent Americans from entering this area.

The empire has no time to take care of Alaska for the time being. Although the negotiations in Berlin have no basis for negotiation, no matter what, the Russians gradually achieved a practical ceasefire on the Western Front, the Russians were temporarily unable to counterattack, and the Chinese were keen to begin to digest the land they occupied.

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Queen Isabel and Ye Zhao reached a series of oral agreements and left the capital and returned to China in early October.

After bidding farewell to Queen Isabel, Ye Zhao went to Guangdong for a walk and inspected the implementation of new tax systems such as personal income tax. Although the concept of reforming the tax system in China and China was advanced, it was actually pushing for direct tax reforming such as personal income tax lag behind the UK. This is also a difference caused by different thinking between the East and the West.

When he returned to Beijing, Ye Zhao walked along the way to Wuchang and looked at the Yangtze River Bridge that resumed work at the beginning of this year. He accumulated a lot of failed experience and was criticized by the outside world. He was so excited that he returned home and so on. He heard that all the departments within it had set up responsible persons, issued military orders, and tried his best to successfully build the Wuchang Bridge.

Similarly, Ye Zhao also went to the diverted Yellow River and the Huaihe River Basin to inspect the embankment project. In recent years, the Yellow River Governance Bureau has used money like money.

Water control has been the top priority in all dynasties, and Ye Zhao is no exception. He cannot control water effectively, so that when floods are frequent, he will use one hundred years and one thousand years to fool the people.

Even if Ye Zhao is walking in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, he has always been a real private visit. It has always been said that private visits seem like a joke, but the unspoken rules of returning to China's official return will turn it into a joke. The official returnees who are truly private visits will even break this unspoken rule. Regardless of the past or future, this must be an incompatible person in the Chinese official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China's official return to China'

Although a sound system does not require a private visit from the official, it is not a sound system? The high-ranking rulers come down to take a walk and truly understand the sufferings of the people.

Ye Zhao's identity does not have to worry about breaking any unspoken rules. Moreover, there are a few people who like to go to the place to take a look. Although these people are all "outsiders", they cannot help but make the officials return to the place and be more careful.

During the inspection, there were no obvious signs of greed and abuse of power. I chatted with local villagers. Even if the political reputation was not good, I did not bully men and women. I even had the bad reputation of the people. Because of the existence of a first-level government, the people were greatly reduced compared to before.

However, Ye Zhao was in a heavy mood. Compared with the prosperous life of big cities, the living standards of farmers and Hui people have not improved significantly, which is worse than expected. Most of them can barely eat a full meal. Of course, perhaps this is because the visiting place is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, which is mostly the area where the Yellow River diverted to flood in the early years, and the normal living order has not yet been formed. The relocated Hui people are already poor people. Some families naturally leave this place where the flood is flooded early.

That night, seeing a village ahead, Ye Zhao was asking to stay overnight, but he might as well go out to the outpost to walk on the small road, but a robber with a shearing path jumped out of the woods next to him. A tall and strong man with a beard and a spear in his hand, shouting that as long as money and property do not hurt lives.

It goes without saying that the guards would subdue him in a few seconds. However, this man was very stubborn and refused to inform him of his name and origin. The guards had to tie him up and send him back to the court when he passed by the township tomorrow.

This is not uncommon for robbers this year. Even if Xinzhong returns to China and returns to the remote areas of the country's home-class highway after the reform and opening up, there are also many "trafficking roads".

It's even more so now. Although it's rare to see bandits in the empire's return to the country, it's not so easy to disappear if you go to single-gang or gangsters or scattered horses. This is not a problem of not being able to eat. There are lazy and strong men who like to get something for nothing, and they only rob the passers-by and do not harm the locals, the villagers rarely report to officials. The first-level security team at the township level turned a blind eye, even if they were lazy, they would not be able to deal with them at all.

However, the robber was actually hit by the right day. When he saw dozens of people and a row of carriages behind him, he felt even more regretful.

Lan Lingwei, who followed Ye Zhao, pretended to be a military refueling troupe and obtained the special pass that the military refueling troupe needed to hold when he returned to the mainland.

This is Wuding Prefecture. Going further north, you can enter Zhili and go directly to Tianjin. Ye Zhao is on his way back to Beijing.

When Zheng Aqiao caught the robber, he couldn't help but worry. What if the village ahead was a robber's nest, it was a remote place, and it was hard to say.

When Zheng Aqiao said carefully that he was worried, Ye Zhao frowned and said, "Then we have to go and have a look. If the village heads of Wuding Prefecture have become decorations."

The village is not big, with hundreds of families. The whole village is dark and enters and rests when the sun rises. It is estimated that many families have slept. There are a few families with bright windows, obviously kerosene lamps or candles are burned.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly when he saw this. Although this was due to the rapid expansion of oil refineries and candle factories, it was darker than many big cities in the past. No matter how many minutes or half an hour, it was a huge improvement.

The guards ignited a railway-specific kerosene lamp at the front far away from Ye Zhao. Now the empire has flashlights, but they are extremely unstable, so the English flashlight is transliterated with the meaning of flashlights.

The movements of Guangliang and the guards alarmed the people in the village. About a quarter of an hour later, an old man who claimed to be the village chief and several young men hurried over.

Zheng Aqiao greeted the old man, took out the merchant group's ID and showed it to the old man, and said that he hoped to rent a family to cook and allow the employer to rest, and the rest of the people waited for the residence without any worries about the village chief.

The old man was relieved when he saw Zheng Aqiao's ID. At this time, the villagers ran out of their homes to watch the fun. Suddenly, a woman screamed: "Dog, is it you? Why are you tied up by them?"

A young woman in coarse cloth rushed to the front of the robber, but was soon stopped by the guards. Zheng Aqiao said with a calm face: "Is he your man? He is robbed with weapons. He is guilty of being a serious crime. I will send him to the official to investigate tomorrow."

When the young woman was stunned, her face immediately turned pale and she kept saying, "No, he won't."

The village elder and the villagers looked at each other. The old village chief took two steps and said, "Is there any misunderstanding? How come the dog went to work in the county town two months ago? Why did he become a robber?"

Zheng Aqiao said: "We have so many pairs of eyes that we have to falsely accuse him? Look, that is the weapon he used to rob." As he said that, he pointed to the spear in the hand of a guard.

When I saw "Gouzi" with shame, I lowered my head without saying a word, obviously I didn't wrong him. The old village chief shook his head repeatedly and sighed: "The sect is unfortunate, the sect is unfortunate!"

The young woman stayed for a while and said anxiously: "Then, then you go to my house, I, I won't charge you..."

Seeing Ye Zhao nodding slightly, Zheng Aqiao said to the young woman: "Okay, we are not unkind people. The government must give it to you, so you can speak."

The young woman's home is at the east end of the village, with several mud-breasted rooms, low earth walls, and several willow trees outside.

This location is quite good, with more than a dozen guards left, and the rest drove their carriages to set up tents outside the village to rest.

Misaki quickly caught fire at the stove in the courtyard. The guards wanted to help her, but she didn't need it.

The young woman was shocked when she saw this. She said that Ye Zhao changed into inconspicuous clothes when she inspected the river breakwater. Now that he has returned to Beijing, he has already worn silk clothes. He is a rich person at first sight, let alone Misaki, a small and cute gem black uniform, thin black cotton socks over the knee, and black leather shoes. In the eyes of rural people, they are so exquisite that they are beyond words. I am afraid that they will feel desecrated if they look at them at one more time.

Such a delicate little girl in the city was doing the rough work of burning firewood, which naturally scared the young woman and said hurriedly: "I'll do it, I'll do it." She smiled and said to Ye Zhao, "Sir, your daughter is really sensible."

Ye Zhao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. In fact, Ye Zhao's face has not changed from his youth more than ten years ago. However, over the years, the power he naturally developed makes people unconsciously ignore the age of the face, and naturally think that this big man is already quite old.

Ye Zhao was embarrassed because the young woman thought he was old. Speaking of which, he was over 20 years older than Misaki and was completely qualified to be Misaki's father. What he was embarrassed about was that just a few days ago, Misaki's relative Misaki's face was coming, and even took away Misaki's first kiss. Now he is regarded as Misaki's father, so he can't help but feel ashamed.

Misaki secretly stuck out her tongue and laughed.

The guards brought clear water and rice, and Misaki burned the fire to make porridge, which was quick.

The young woman couldn't get in. Her eyes fell frequently on her husband who was tied with his hands and pressed against the corner of the wall.

Seeing Ye Zhao's wink, Zheng Aqiao said, "Come on, ask him why he started a robber."

The young woman rushed to her husband as if she was given a general amnesty and asked him repeatedly: "Gozi, tell me what's going on? Tell me!"

At first, the dog just shook his head, but later he hung his head and said, "I lost all my wages. I thought, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I don't have the money to buy you new clothes. I was confused for a while and wanted to do some fun. I was obsessed with me... When I was in prison and met the right one, you should marry me. I won't blame you..."

The young woman began to wipe her tears, and Ye Zhao shook her head slightly. The word "gambling" is very harmful to the poor, and it is imperative to gradually ban gambling in the empire.

Gouzi murmured again: "I couldn't lose, but I won more than a dozen times in a row, but I wanted to leave, but the casino dealer paid a thousand yuan, so we can't afford to offend me. Who said that the casino was run by the magistrate's son?"

The young woman turned her head and looked at Ye Zhao with tears in her eyes, saying, "Master, please let him go. You heard that he was just confused for a moment and didn't harm anyone. Master, please spare him this time. I have some money here..."

Ye Zhao didn't say anything, Zheng Aqiao said: "If you violate the law of the king, you will definitely send an official. I will plead for your man. However, robbery is a serious crime, and the case must be kept. How to judge must be decided by the judge. It is a lesson."

The young woman sobbed and wiped her tears. Misaki felt that she was very pitiful and whispered: "Sister-in-law, I'll serve you a bowl of porridge later, it's delicious." She could only comfort her like this.
Chapter completed!