1890 King of Southeast Asia

In the early morning of September 3, after 50 hours, Hu Weijie's train finally arrived in Shanghai.

Of course, I got out of the car outside the city. Hu Weijie was not too big to drive directly into the city. What if the Qing Empire was ambush?

This time is equivalent to five times the normal use time. There is no way. The British along the way do not cooperate.

Basically, every time you arrive, the train has to be parked, either a miscellaneous object on the railway, or getting out of the car to pull the railway fork.

The latter is generally responsible for station workers, but who makes them not cooperate?

Fortunately, perhaps the British have not taken further actions by considering the specific situation, but they just put pressure on the senior management of the Revolutionary Army and the senior management of the Qing Empire.

This is in line with the behavior of the British Empire -unless it is unavoidable, it will not directly conflict with the bottom.

The colonial experience of the British Empire is very clear about the cost of colonial, control the high -level, use the colonial high -level to control the colonial civilians, and let their dogs bite dogs.

This is the lowest cost, the best effect, and the largest income.

Even the Indian colonies and South African colonies, which are indispensable for the British Empire, are still in this way Britain still uses colonial development.

This method is also used in the East, such as in Hong Kong Island.

"Finally arrived, all got out of the car!" Hu Weijie touched his stubble, glanced at himself on the glass, and the eye sockets were boiled.

"Set up artillery positions, prepare for offense, and generate electricity to the headquarters. Our ministry has arrived in Shanghai County and is about to launch an attack." Hu Weijie sorted out his clothes and said to the deputy.

In front of him, it is Shanghai County, but it is not a city wall, but a building with a piece of forest with a variety of styles.

After a while, Hu Weijie saw several style buildings such as traditional masonry buildings, wooden buildings in the south, and European marble buildings.

But more, or more than 90 % of the sight, are all sheds! Black, messy, this is the most modern bustling city of the Qing Empire -Shanghai.

The fourteenth regiment began to prepare for the denseness.

"Leader, I sent someone to investigate. We are basically such shantytowns on the front. The population and building are dense and the roads are intricate. If you attack from the front, it is a bit difficult."

The staff staff looked at the dense shed, licked his lips and said.

This unprocessed shantytown is the disaster of the lane war and the best fuel for the fire.

The fourteenth regiment is running until now, and there are two battalions left in a total of two battalions. One battalion has been scattered on the stations along the way to ensure that the train operation is stable.

Of course, this force was not enough to scare the officials of the Qing Empire. Therefore, Hu Weijie deliberately asked each station to leave British and American passengers at the station to entertain and wait for the train to re -open.

He didn't know how much trouble this kind of incident would bring to Sun Zairen. Anyway, he couldn't worry about this kind of incident. The commander said that as long as there is no dead, it is not a big deal.

"I don't know the situation of the enemy. We rashly put in this person, and we can burn light in a fire, attack on the front, no." Hu Weijie shook his head and thought of the chief of staff.

"What about attacking along the railway?" Hu Weijie asked, if he could attack along the railway, it could also directly enter the city, which was slow.

"Similarly, the railway and residential areas are not too far away. In case the enemy ambush in the residential area on both sides, we do n’t even have a place to hide when they are ambushed. This trick was quickly denied.

The railway did not do an isolation belt. On the railway into the city, the shed was only three or five meters away from the railway.

The sheds were built by the people themselves. After all, there is no mess. If people are hidden in the shantytown, they can't find it if they don't search carefully.

"Report, artillery report, artillery leave is set." The deputy came over to the two.

"Let's fire!" Hu Weijie said suddenly.

"Fire? Who? We are all the people in front of us. You will be shot by the people. You will be shot. I disagree!"

"No, turn to fire from the river, and then send someone to tell us the people in front of the people that the army will launch an attack at two in the afternoon. At that time, the people who remain on the front of our army will be regarded as enemies." Hu Weijie explained.

"Okay! I arranged people to spread the news." The chief of staff of the Duan did not hesitate, and nodded after thinking about it.

The fourteenth regiment was not afraid of the soldiers of the Qing Empire, but they were unwilling to fight alley.

If this way, let the people leave the direction of the offensive, the artillery of the revolutionary army can fully play.

Even if you know the attack time of the Revolutionary Army, what can the Qing Empire do? What can Daotai Yimen do?

This psychological pressure may disappear the ambitions of the soldiers of the Empire and reduce the difficulty of offense.

As for the people who were damaged in the battle, they couldn't take care of so much.

You know, they spent five times the time limit for marching to arrive before arriving!

Tactical goals have long been exposed.

I ca n’t say, the reinforcements from the north are galloping from Shanghai under the escort of the Beiyang Navy.

boom!

The cannon starts to speak!

..............

"Consulate Halsey, are you finally here, is there an eyebrow of the acquisition case?" Sun Zaihuman rubbed his eyebrows with Halsey, turned around, and his face was enthusiastic.

"Sun, this railway is a business operated legally by legitimate merchants. What you are doing is robbery and banditry. The British Empire will not cooperate with a bandit!" Halsey said righteously.

"No, Consul Halsey, you said one thing wrong."

"This railway is not legal." Sun Zairen looked at Halsey with a heavy face.

"What? We have complete procedures, all of which are archived. The Qing Empire handed over this railway to British merchants for construction and entrusted the operating rights to the merchants." Halsey looked at Sun Zairen with pride in his eyes.

It seemed to be saying: It is true that we robbed this railway, but it is legal.

It is almost the same. Many countries participated in the competition for this railway before and after, and it was finally won by the British.

But in fact, this railway was originally planned by the great powers and forced to agree to build the Qing Empire. Even the money for building this railway was borrowed by the Qing Empire.

That's right, the Qing Empire borrowed 3 million pounds to build this railway. Yes, it was pounds, borrowed from a British bank, and actually paid 2.9 million - it is considered a rare conscience.

According to the code of conduct of the great powers, the operating rights and actual control of this railway are in the hands of the British, and this railway is also built by a British company.

Use your money to hire my people to build the road on your land. After the construction, the operating rights of this road are mine. I have the final say on whether it is a loss or a profit. You also have to bear the installment loan for 50 years.

"I have studied the laws of your country and the laws of the Qing Empire. The Provisional Decree of the Revolutionary Army was also promulgated by me.

Among these laws, except for the right of self-defense, there is no article that stipulates that there is no responsibility for killing." Sun Zairen said, his voice has become much colder.

"What murder?" Halsey didn't react at once and thought it was a murder case.

"When your company built the railway, it had conflicts with the local authorities over the purchase of land, and it is documented that at least 32 people died."

"During the construction of the railway, your country used a large number of Chinese workers in order to save costs. These workers did not have reasonable training, qualified protective equipment, or even medical conditions, which caused at least 60 deaths."

"We noticed that with so many deaths, no one from the railway company was convicted, and no deceased person received a pension." Sun Zairen gritted his teeth and spoke slowly.

The death of the workers can be explained. This era was a rough era, an era of barbaric development, and it was normal for people to die in engineering projects.

But those who died because of preventing the purchase of land were completely caused by the British's disrespect for Chinese traditions.

Because the railway was going to pass, your family had to move the graves, and the compensation for you was also implemented as ordinary land compensation, which was generally about 20 taels per mu in the wild.

This little money was not enough to buy a new Feng Shui treasure land, not to mention the money needed for the Taoist temple to move the graves.

Of course, the British rarely took action directly. They usually let the local government take action. The local government was afraid and forced the people to nod.

The general public was afraid of the government and had to nod, but there were also those who were stubborn and wanted to attack the British for revenge. The end result was...

"What?" Halsey was confused.

What is this? Hasn't the British Empire always done this? And instead of looking for trouble with the British, you might as well look for the Americans first.

"Mr. Halsey, we are going to file a formal lawsuit against your country's railway company for the railway company's wanton killing of 32 farmers and seizing their land; and the railway company's embezzlement of Chinese workers' pensions. Two cases."

"Because of these bad records, the revolutionary military government will temporarily suspend the railway company's operating rights before the case is heard." Sun Zairen breathed a sigh of relief.

"What? You can't do this! This is illegal! Don't forget, you are not a government yet!" Halsey said excitedly.

He must not let the Chinese judge a British company. No matter what the final result is, this behavior is unacceptable.

"Sun, you will only make the situation worse. Why do you want to target Britain?" Halsey calmed down and said.

He could report the matter to London and let London decide, but in that case, unless the revolutionary army was determined to go to war with Britain, his future would be ruined.

He didn't want to watch crocodiles grinding their teeth in Burma in the future. That would be meaningless.

"I have never targeted Britain. I just hope that the British can abide by the law." Sun Zairen did not insist.

"Abide by the law? You mean, abide by the law?" Halsey looked at him and thought for a while.

"Your laws are too vague and very unfriendly to us. Even clothes are controlled." Halsey rubbed his palms.

"Sun! I have a way to make Britain continue to be convenient for you."

"What?" Sun Zairen was stunned. He was ready to argue with the British, but he heard this?

"If you promulgate a set of laws, European laws, and strictly enforce them, then I have the confidence to convince the minister to stand on your side."

"The premise is to return the railway to British businessmen." Halsey added.

"That's illegal..." Sun Zairen said, even though he didn't understand the reasoning at the moment.

"So, you are willing to enact the law and enforce it?" Halsey looked at Sun Zairen.

"We don't object, but considering the actual situation, we can't copy European laws. We will slowly introduce laws suitable for our country. And no matter what the law is, the railway company has committed a crime!" Sun Zairen said.

"Ha! Let's talk about this later. I have a banquet to attend. Next time..."

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