Respectfully

In late January 1912, Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, along with their four daughters and their youngest son, Crown Prince Alexei, returned to St. Petersburg from Moscow.

As soon as the carriage arrived at the Winter Palace, Nicholas II got the news that the Russian border army had been defeated and the Chinese army had entered the Russian border.The commander-in-chief of the frontier army, Mikhailov, did nothing. He and his soldiers were like a group of bereaved dogs, driven back to their hometown by the Chinese from Manchuria!

Nicholas II was furious, claiming to hang Mikhailov, Empress Alexandra looked on coldly, her staying out of the way made people in the court feel strange.

"We must increase our troops! Teach the Chinese people a lesson!"

The faction represented by Grand Duke Dmitry and the Tsar's uncle Grand Duke Nicholas insisted on continuing to send troops to the border, while Foreign Minister Shachanov and Army Minister Sukhomlinov opposed it.Foreign Minister Shachanov even pointed out that Russia should not focus on Manchuria, where there is no progress, and should pay more attention to the situation in Europe.

"He's just a warlord." Foreign Minister Shachanov showed a strange smile: "He is not the ruler of China."

A warlord with a large army and the support of the people will inevitably be jealous of the ruler.

Grand Duke Dmitry and Grand Duke Nicholas scoffed at the words of the foreign minister. Can a cowardly and ineffective northern government really control an ambitious warlord?

The palace was divided into two factions, one faction supported the opinions of Grand Duke Dmitry and Grand Duke Nicholas, and should continue to increase troops to the border, while the other faction stood on the side of Minister of Foreign Affairs Shachanov and Minister of War Sukhomliv , They insisted that the border conflict with the Huaxia people must be stopped as soon as possible and more energy should be turned to Europe.

"War can't gain benefits, why should it continue?"

The opinions of the two factions were deadlocked, and the dispute was not so much for the interests of Russia as a power struggle between the royal family and the ministers.

The opinions of the Russian Duma did not have much effect. Since it was disbanded by Stolypin, the members of the Duma that were called up again were all cowardly and incompetent good old people who acted according to the wind.

Whether it is the grand duke of the royal family or the court ministers, these good people are unwilling to offend.It can only be ambiguous.

The negative factors in Nicholas II's character are fully exposed at this time, and his thoughts will always waver in the next moment.Grand Duke Nicholas is the uncle of Nicholas II. He knows his nephew. Grand Duke Dmitry is the tsar's cousin. The right to speak will not be reduced by half.

The two members of the royal family explained to the tsar time and time again the importance of increasing troops. Most importantly, if the Japanese saw Russia's cowardice in front of a Chinese warlord, these island monkeys would definitely try to squeeze out Russia's troops in the north of China. power!

"Your Majesty, a decision must be made as soon as possible!"

Nicholas II seemed to be convinced, but shortly after the departure of Grand Duke Dmitry and Nicholas, the foreign minister had an audience with Nicholas II, and the determination that the Tsar had just made began to waver again.

Empress Dowager Marina also expressed concern about this matter. With Marina's intervention, Empress Alexandra also became unwilling to be lonely.

Rasputin once again said to the queen: "Grand Duke Dmitry must never be allowed to take power again, this will be a disaster for the royal family!"

The queen listened to Rasputin's words, and she stood on the opposite side of Grand Duke Dmitry.This is a heavy blow to the main battle.

Just as the Russian court was vacillating and vacillating, the First and Second Divisions in Manchuria took new actions.

Because the commander of the Russian border army, Mikhailov, and his soldiers lost all their armor and armor in the previous battle, and ran away completely, the part of the border between Russia and Manchuria became an undefended area. .

This error is fatal.

Lou Xiao led the independent regiment, and a regiment of infantry, crossed the border and broke into Zabaikalsk.

Transbaikalsk prospered thanks to the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway.There are mainly railway workers and some businessmen living here.

Huaxia soldiers entered the town early in the morning, and the people in the town were still asleep.It wasn't until a burst of gunshots sounded like fried beans that he got up from the bed in a panic.

Most of the houses in the post-Baikal are built of wood, which are called woodcuts.Lou Xiao asked a cavalryman who knew Russian to shout loudly: "If the people in the house don't come out within 15 minutes, or try to resist, then set fire to it!"

He yelled these words three times, until Lou Xiao ordered to light the torches, and the Russians came out of the house one after another. They looked at the Chinese people very unfriendly, even with hatred.

Lou Xiao didn't care about this, he asked the soldiers to gather these Russians, no matter men or women, and sent people to search all the houses, until he was sure that there were no Russians hiding in the house, he said word by word: "Tell them, allow They took one-third of their property and left here. From now on, this place belongs to China"

The Russians could hardly believe their ears, they looked at Lou Xiao as if they were looking at a madman.

This yellow-skinned monkey must be crazy, how dare he do this?He actually drove out the people of the great Russian Empire on the land of the great Russian Empire? !

The cavalry yelled Lou Xiao's words three times as before, and after three times, Lou Xiao said, "If someone is unwilling to leave, I don't mind repeating what happened in Hailanpao and Jiangdong 64 Tun ten years ago. Although the Ergun River is frozen, it is not difficult to dig through the ice."

The faces of some Russians suddenly changed. Obviously, they knew about the two tragedies 12 years ago.

"Back then, the Chinese people were deceived, driven away, and lost their lives." Lou Xiao rode on the horse, looking down at the group of Russians with frightened and angry faces: "I am already merciful enough."

Lou Xiao's words were spoken in Russian, word by word, clearly.

Even if the Russians were unwilling, under the threat of rifles and bayonets, they could only go home to pack their packages and leave the place where they lived.

After a few hours, the Russians had all left, and Transbaikal was empty.

Lou Xiao got off the horse, his riding boots creaked on the snow, "This is the land of Huaxia." He stood still, looking towards the direction of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok with his hands behind his back, his eyes were cold: "The land of Huaxia , should belong to the Huaxia people!"

After the post-Baikal incident, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia was furious, and Rasputin spread rumors again. Empress Alexandra spared no effort to persuade the Tsar to end this incident as soon as possible.News came from Europe that troops were gathering in East Prussia, Germany, and Kaiser Wilhelm II seemed to be planning to take advantage of the fire to loot.

Tsar Nicholas II was persuaded by Empress Alexandra, who refused to see Grand Duke Dmitry and Grand Duke Nicholas, summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of War, and ordered Foreign Minister Shachanov to handle the matter with full authority Unfortunately, Shachanov fell ill at this time, and Nicholas II could only appoint Nilatov recommended by Shachanov as the acting foreign minister to discuss matters in Manchuria with the Chinese.

Britain, France and other countries got the news and took action one after another.Britain, France and Russia had reached an agreement in private to jointly defend Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Europe. Naturally, the transfer of German troops could not be hidden from their eyes.Kaiser Wilhelm II often acted unexpectedly, and no one could be sure whether he really wanted to take advantage of the fire or have other intentions.

Britain and France disapproved of Russia's focus on the Far East, and they hoped that Nicholas II would pay more attention to Germany's every move.

In this situation, even if Nicholas II wanted to change his mind, it was impossible.

His only choice is to compromise with the Huaxia people and negotiate a peace.

Russian Minister Plenipotentiary in China Kusovitz sent a note to the northern government in accordance with the tsar's order.Once the news was announced, the whole country rejoiced.

"Old man, this is giving in!"

Marshal Lou put down the telegram sent by President Sima, and smiled triumphantly: "I said it long ago, I should give the old man a hard time! No one has two heads on his shoulders, whoever is afraid of others!"

Marshal Lou's staff were a little worried, "Commander, what the Russians did seems inappropriate."

"How to say?"

"It was the commander-in-chief's army that defeated the Russians, but the Russians went directly to the north to negotiate peace. Moreover, why did they not mention whether they would send people from the six northern provinces to participate in the peace talks in the president's telegram? I can't even tell."

Marshal Lou's expression darkened.

Want to pick peaches?Marshal Lou smiled coldly, did he really think that Lou Shengfeng wouldn't kill people if he hadn't fought for a few years?

Li Jinyan got the news of the upcoming peace talks with the Russians, and immediately sent a telegram to Young Marshal Lou.Knowing that it was a telegram from the young marshal's wife, the receivers widened their eyes, hoping that this telegram would give them another "surprise." Unfortunately, this telegram from Li Jinyan was very ordinary, it was too much. It's unusual, there are only six words in the telegram: Young Marshal, I want money and land!

The adjutant sent Li Jinyan's telegram to Young Marshal Lou, and the telegram returned by Lou Marshal still only had one word: OK.

This time, Li Jinyan didn't feel depressed because of Shaoshuai Lou's succinct words. Just this one word was enough to make Li Sanshao happy for a long time.

Before Li Jinyan could finish his music, the dumb uncle walked in and handed a note to Li Jinyan. After reading it, Li Jinyan frowned so much that he could kill a fly.

"Uncle Dumb, is this news true?"

Uncle Dumb nodded.

Li Jinyan stood up from his chair, called Adjutant Ji, and rushed to the soap factory immediately.

Pan Guangxing did not expect Li Jinyan to come to the soap factory suddenly, without even saying hello.Seeing that Li Jinyan's expression was not very good, he felt a little worried.Shouldn't that matter be known?

With a sullen face, Li Jinyan walked into Pan Guangxing's office all the way, closed the door, did not speak, and directly handed the note that the dumb uncle gave him to Pan Guangxing.

After seeing the contents of the note clearly, the sweat on Pan Guangxing's forehead immediately came down.

Li Jinyan sneered: "Manager Pan, your brother-in-law is really extraordinary."

"Master Yan," Pan Guangxing's cold sweat broke out even more, "Master Yan, he was also fascinated by ghosts for a while."

"Being obsessed with ghosts for a while?" Li Jinyan looked at Pan Guangxing: "Being obsessed with ghosts for a while, can you sell the formula of handmade soap to the Japanese?"

"Master Yan, please spare him this time! I've already taught him a lesson, and he only took one prescription, I..."

Li Jinyan slapped the table, and the anger accumulated just now finally erupted: "Your lesson is to give him 50 yuan and send him out of Guanbei City?! Your lesson is to shut up the insiders? ! Your lesson is to charge the employee of the soap factory who discovered this and fire him?!"

"I……"

"Manager Pan, I haven't told the commander-in-chief yet, do you know why?"

"I, Young Master Yan, I..."

"I just wanted to give you a chance, but unfortunately, you let me down." Li Jinyan's face was ugly. He had a good impression of Pan Guangxing and admired his business methods.The Loujia Soap Factory was able to grow to its current scale in such a short period of time, and its reputation in the six northern provinces and even the whole country was inseparable from Pan Guangxing.

However, this incident has touched Li Jinyan's bottom line.Even if Pan Guangxing's brother-in-law sold Fangzi to any Chinese, Li Jinyan would not be so angry.

However, the Japanese!

Li Jinyan really wanted to arrest Pan Guangxing's brother-in-law and ask him face to face, just for 100 yuan, is it worth it? !Didn't he think that once the incident happened, his brother-in-law and his nephews would not think well?

What is it called?This is called eating inside and crawling outside!

If Marshal Lou found out, the Pan family might not even be able to save their lives!

Pan Guangxing couldn't help being reprimanded by Li Jinyan like this.He knew that it was his brother-in-law who did not behave properly, but what could he do?Is it impossible to kill someone?After the incident happened, he could only smooth it out as much as possible.His wife had given birth to him, and for the sake of his only younger brother, kneeling and crying in front of him, he really couldn't bear it.

Li Jinyan was silent for a while, then sighed, "I won't tell the commander in chief about this."

"Master Yan?"

"But I can't guarantee that the commander-in-chief won't hear it from other people." Li Jinyan paused, and continued: "The commander-in-chief is currently being staggered by the border affairs, and when he is free, he will hear from others." You know this from your mouth... Manager Pan, you have been with the commander-in-chief for more than ten years, and you should know the commander-in-chief better than I do. You can decide for yourself what to do."

Li Jinyan stood up: "Also, don't worry about the employee who was fired by you before, I will arrange for him to work in another factory. Don't try to silence, Manager Pan, you are a smart person. But don't be too smart."

Pan Guangxing answered yes repeatedly, with shame on his face.

Li Jinyan walked out of the soap factory and looked back. This Pan Guangxing belonged to Marshal Lou, and his youngest son was still in the Marshal Lou's independent regiment. It was difficult for him to deal with him. I hope he can figure it out for himself.If he can take the initiative to see Marshal Lou, the matter will be over.It's just a recipe, if the Japanese can spend money to get it, he will develop more!If he is obsessed with his obsession... Li Jinyan sighed, then he would have to find another way.

In the fourth year of the Republic of China, January 1912, 1 in the Gregorian calendar

Tsarist Russia and the northern government finally agreed to conduct peace talks between the two sides in the border city of Manchuria.The United Kingdom, France, Germany and the United States also got involved.

Li Jinyan delivered a message to the American Minister Calho through the people of the foreign firm. If he can stand on the side of China in this peace talk, he will hand over an order worth 100 million silver dollars to the United States, and there will be more orders in the future. .

Marshal Lou has been buying machines from Britain and Germany before, and the same is true for weapons. Americans have been greedy, but they can’t get in. Li Jinyan waved the banknotes and opened the door. Kaerhuo naturally wouldn’t Let go of this opportunity.

In the final analysis, behind the politicians are chaebols, and for these chaebols, making money is the most important thing.

Britain and France claimed to maintain neutrality, but their attitudes were clearly biased towards Russia.German Minister Hackshausen showed a completely opposite attitude from Britain and France. If the Russians can suffer through this negotiation, His Majesty the Kaiser will be even happier.

Therefore, Britain, France and Germany and the United States, two against two, this negotiation is destined not to be peaceful.

It is worth mentioning that Lou Xiao also appeared in front of the Russians as a negotiator for the northern government.The Russians didn't know much about this Chinese soldier who had inflicted heavy losses on the Russian army one after another and forcibly expelled the Russians from Trans-Baikal. The only thing they knew was that he was the heir to the largest warlord in the North.

As one of the negotiators, Acting Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nilatov heard something about Lou Xiao from the mouth of the Minister Plenipotentiary in China, Kusovitz. He couldn't believe that this young man who looked very handsome and quiet , turned out to be a brave soldier who kills without batting an eyelid.

He thought Kuusovitz was exaggerating.

Soon, he will know how wrong he was.

Although the Russians took the initiative to initiate peace talks, at the negotiating table, they still showed an arrogant attitude, and grandiosely proposed that Manzhouli belong to Russia, and redesignated it from Tarbaganda on the grounds that the Ergun River had been diverted. Call to Aba Gaitu and other boundary points.The quid pro quo is that the Russians will not continue to build up troops on the border.

In history, the Russians have used this method more than once to seize a large area of ​​China's territory. If the Russians are allowed to succeed, China will lose hundreds of kilometers of land.

Facing the complacency and arrogance of the Russians, the negotiators of the northern government also argued hard without giving an inch. Later, the Russians proposed that Manchuria could be abandoned, but the water and land boundaries must be redrawn.Otherwise, the war will restart!

"The army of the great tsar will trample every inch of land within his footsteps!"

In the northern government, some people were shaken and kept silent. Lou Xiao, who almost made people forget his existence, suddenly stood up, pulled out the saber hanging from his waist, and waved his hand in front of the Russian envoy. on the long table.

Master Lou held the hilt of the sword with one hand, his black eyes were like a wolf staring at its prey: "If you want to fight, then fight!"

Hundreds of years ago, Genghis Khan said the same thing, Mongolia's iron hoof swept across Europe.

Hundreds of years later, this young man said the same words, and everyone in front of him seemed to be able to smell a bloody smell from the sword that was shining with cold light.

Russian negotiators fell silent.The Huaxia people suddenly felt a sense of elation.

Lou Xiao glanced at the Russians coldly. After being shocked, several Russian military officers put their hands on the hilts of their swords. Seeing that a negotiation was about to turn into an all-out military action, the ministers from Britain, France, Germany and other countries present spoke one after another, asking both sides to restrain themselves. ,calm.

The Russians were very angry, but in the end they were taken aback by Lou Xiao's sudden drawing of his sword, seeing how tough he was, and no longer the arrogance he had before.

When the negotiators of the northern government put forward the conditions of the Chinese side, they all subconsciously looked at Lou Xiao.

Young Marshal Lou was inserting the sword back into the scabbard, when the blade brushed against the scabbard, he made a hair-raising sound.

"Young commander, what do you think?"

Lou Xiao looked up and glanced at Minister Lu of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the northern government, and then turned his attention to the Russian negotiator: "Russia must make a public apology, and pay [-] million silver dollars. With the Ergun River as the boundary, all the islands in the river belong to China. , starting from Tarbagandahu to Abagaitu, all the boundary points were moved northward by ten kilometers, and then Baikal was ceded to Huaxia."

After saying this, Minister Lu was stunned for a moment, and then put away the negotiation conditions he had prepared earlier, and asked his entourage to record the conditions proposed by Lou Xiao in detail, and put them on the negotiation table.

The Russians didn't speak, because they were too angry to speak.