Beiyang reactionaries

"kindness."

This is normal.

What's the joke, let the British apologize?Regardless of who is responsible for what happened this time, the UK cannot apologize.

"Go and find out what happened. It says that it was fired. Let's see the casualties."

"Yes."

"Send someone to Duan Xun and communicate with him."

"Yes."

176 follow-up

"George, what do you think we should do?"

Shanghai.

Swire Pacific.

Big Ben Black White of Swire Pacific made a very exaggerated gesture and asked George Swire.Swire was established by old Swire, George Swire's father.

They have been doing business in China for more than 50 years.

Any business will sit.

They promoted British textiles in China, and then resold Chinese tea and silk, and soon became one of the top British foreign companies in China.Later, the Swire Shipping Company was established, with nearly a hundred ships, monopolizing the shipping business in Tianjin and Guangdong.It is also one of the largest shipping companies in the Yangtze River.

Of course it's not just these.

Swire Pacific also has a shipbuilding company, a ship repair company, and the world's number one sugar company in Hong Kong, as well as a paint company in Shanghai.Each of them is a leader in various industries, and their strength is very strong.

Anyway, so to speak.Among the countless British foreign firms in China at present, Swire Matheson and Jardine Matheson are evenly matched in terms of capital scale, and even stronger than Jardine Matheson.Anyway, Swire Pacific is definitely a very important company in China.Even the scale of Taikoo Matheson and the strength of Taikoo Matheson can be counted in the UK.The Swire family is definitely at the world's richest level.

"no big deal."

George Swire waved his hand.

Something big happened in Sichuan, but George Swire didn't care at all and waved his hand casually.Holding a cigarette in his left hand, he took a puff, then let out a puff leisurely, and then slowly said: "It's just hitting a few small wooden boats, what can I do. I just want to ask us for some money. As long as it's not It’s too much, just give it to them. But it’s unbearable for their water police to fire a cannon. You must let their water police chief get out.”

Just hit a few small wooden boats.

Who let them get in the way.

When George Swire received the telegram, he didn't care at all.On the Yangtze River waterway, collisions between various ships over the years are not common.It's just that the Wanxian city government took the courage to detain its own ship this time?

damn it.

I will definitely make you look good in the future.

"George, haven't you heard of it? Now because of Tibet, the relationship between Duan Xun, who ruled Sichuan, and us in the UK is a bit delicate. Recently, many newspapers have criticized that our British Empire is behind Tibet. Even many schools The students shouted to boycott the goods and merchants of our British Empire. Tell me if this matter will affect us."

"laugh--"

George Swire sneered.

Then he curled his lips and said: "This group of barbaric and backward Chinese is really funny. If it weren't for our British Empire, these people would not know what electricity is and what is running water. Now they are talking about boycotting goods from our British Empire? It's ridiculous. "

Although it was a sneer, George Swire was also worried.

Not because of how powerful China is, but because China now has more options.Back then, or half a century ago, Britain was the most powerful in China.Britain can do whatever it wants, and no one can oppose it.Because at that time, the United Kingdom was the most powerful in China as a whole, and everyone had to listen to the words of the United Kingdom.

However, as other countries also joined the ranks of competing for China's interests, Britain's life became more and more difficult.

Especially the United States and Japan.

These two post-rising countries seriously affected Britain's interests in the Far East.Both the United States and Japan want to dominate the Far East, so the relationship between the two countries is very bad.However, compared to the bad relationship between the two countries, if they want to dominate the Far East, they must first push Britain out.Therefore, they are very willing to see China boycotting British goods and merchants.

And the work done by Swire Pacific is different.

It is a foreign trade business, and if it completely falls out with China, it will indeed be bad for the business of Taikoo Matheson.But although he was a little worried, George Swire didn't think about backing down.

joke.

When will the British businessman apologize to the Chinese.When the artillery bombarded Changsha back then, I don’t know how many people were killed, but I have seen the British apologize.

"Tap-tap-"

"boss."

"what happened?"

"Boss, the Wanxian city government sent us a direct telegram, asking us to pay 30 silver dollars within a week, and we must make a public apology. If we don't agree to this condition, they will confiscate our two ships and our ship in Yichang. Assets. We have to make a decision within a week."

"what?"

George Swire stood up dumbfounded.

One million silver dollars.

Wanxian is poor and crazy.Didn't it just hit a few small wooden boats and killed some people, since we are asked to pay 30 yuan.That's not thirty, three hundred, but 30.What is the annual profit of his own shipping company.

Asking for money is not enough, and even asking for a public apology is really unbearable.Even if you want 300 million silver dollars, it's better than asking him to apologize publicly.Do the Chinese dare to make themselves apologize?Can they afford it?

"Give power to the consulate in Chongqing, and ask them to resolve this matter quickly."

"Yes."

George Swire got up angrily and kept walking around.After thinking for a while, he said, "No, I want to go to Sichuan in person. Black, I will leave the matter here to you, and I will go to Sichuan to handle it in person. I will meet that warlord named Duan Xun."

"it is good."

…………

"General, telegram from Yichang."

Duan Xun's nerves are tense these days.

The war in Tibet has stabilized. Duan Xun only took down several cities around Qamdo, and did not continue his military operations.Of course, even if there is no military action, the whole of Tibet is very disturbed now.

After all, more than 1 Tibetan troops were annihilated by Duan Xun's troops.

It can be said that the main force of the Tibetan army was wiped out by Duan Xun's troops, and there are not many troops in Tibet now.Although Duan Xun's troops have stopped, but if they really want to attack, Tibet really can't stop them.However, Duan Xun does not want the Tibet issue to expand, and it is almost the same now.

But what happened in Wan County gave Duan Xun a headache.Duan Xun hasn't found a suitable solution yet, so he can only be tough at the moment.Duan Xun is constantly provoking domestic public opinion to put pressure on Britain, but Duan Xun is not sure.

Because of the opponent's United Kingdom.