After the International Olympic Committee and his party arrived in Qingdao, Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Wang Yunpeng and others met them one after another and held talks. Of course, the talks were all courteous, polite and flattered each other, and there was no substantial content. They mainly expressed the attention of the East China government to participate in the Olympics. The subsequent formal consultation between Qiu Yi and the International Olympic Committee was the real talks with actual content.

However, the International Olympic Committee has reached an agreement with Wang Jun in Shanghai. The East China Government will definitely participate in the 5th Olympic Games under the famous Chinese representatives. Therefore, the rest is mainly to solve the obstacles for the East China Government to participate in the Olympic Games.

In fact, there are not many obstacles for the East China government to participate in the Olympics. For the East China government, there are basically no obstacles. On the International Olympic Committee, there are two levels. One is that the International Olympic Committee must conduct a formal vote and confirm that the East China government is a new member of the International Olympic Committee so that it can participate in the Olympics. However, this is just a formality. After all, letting the East China government participate in the 5th Olympics has reached a consensus within the International Olympic Committee, and Coubertin also has great prestige in the International Olympic Committee, so there is basically no problem to pass. Of course, this also requires the cooperation of the East China government, and sending a delegation to Paris, France to attend the International Olympic Committee meeting held in October, and submitting an application to join the International Olympic Committee. This procedure must be reached. Of course, the East China government also promises that it will definitely participate in the group at that time.

The second level is diplomatic. Because the East China Government and Sweden have no diplomatic relations, to participate in the 5th Olympic Games, it is necessary to establish a foreign relationship with Sweden as soon as possible. Even if they cannot reach the level of mutual consulates, at least they should set up representative offices so that they can communicate effectively and the East China Government can send teams to Sweden to participate. However, there are no conflicts and conflicts of interests between the East China Government and Sweden. Moreover, Coubertin promised that the International Olympic Committee can help the East China Government deal with it. Therefore, it is not difficult to set up representative offices with Sweden before the opening of the Olympic Games.

There is also the registration for the event. Most participating countries have provided the International Olympic Committee with a list of athletes. However, considering that the East China government has only started to select athletes, the International Olympic Committee also allows the registration time of the East China government to be postponed until 2 months before the opening ceremony.

After the consultation between the two sides, the East China Government arranged for the International Olympic Committee to visit Qingdao to give them a deeper understanding of the situation of the East China Government and further demonstrated the spirit of the East China Government. Qiu Yi accompanied him throughout the process and introduced the various landscapes of Qingdao, the construction process, etc. Although Qiu Yi is now the president of the Olympic Committee of the East China Government, the institution is still an empty shell, and all the members are Qiu Yi, so he can't do anything anyway. It is better to accompany the International Olympic Committee and his party to visit. At the same time, he also established good relations with Coubertin and others, and then officially started his work after they left.

The International Olympic Committee and his delegation stayed in Qingdao for 6 days. Before leaving, Coubertin said at the farewell party that this trip to China was one of the most meaningful trips in his life, and he fully understood the history, culture, achievements and future of this ancient oriental country. China's ability to participate in the Olympics is a major achievement in the history of the Olympics and one of his contributions to the development of the Olympics. At the same time, he also hopes that one day he will see the Olympics be held in China. On behalf of the East China Government, Wang Jun expressed his gratitude to Coubertin and his delegation for their imitation, and said that the Olympics will definitely be held in China in the future.

After the International Olympic Committee and his party left Qingdao, Qiu Yi immediately started his work. The first thing he did was to build the organization of the Olympic Committee of the East China Government. After all, he could not do things alone. However, there were still many veterans who were interested in the Olympics. Therefore, Qiu Yi quickly recruited 6 veterans and selected more than 20 naturalized personnel to form the institutional team of the Chinese Olympic Games. In addition, several veterans were quite interested in participating in the Olympic football match and signed up with Qiu Yi.

Then Qiu Yi dispatched tasks to select athletes and formulated training plans. At the same time, the Military Commission also allowed Qiu Yi to select people from the army to participate in the Olympics. After all, he could not draw many people and would not affect the normal training of the army.

On the other hand, we must strengthen the publicity work of the East China government participating in the Olympics. Due to the intervention of time travelers, there is no famous "Three Questions of the Olympics" in this era. However, after the establishment of the East China government, when introducing European history, it also introduced the Olympics specifically, and it was introduced in two parts: the Classical Olympics and the Modern Olympics. Therefore, the people of the East China government are not unfamiliar with the Olympics.

At that time, some people mentioned the question of when China will participate in the Olympics. It was just that it was not as full of hope and tragic as the famous "Three Questions of the Olympics" in the old time and space. It was more of a desire for the future. Therefore, the East China Government could also officially announce that the Chinese were about to appear on the Olympics. At the same time, a column was opened in the newspaper to introduce the Olympics in detail, including the spiritual purpose of the Olympics, the birth of the modern Olympics, the situation of the previous four Olympics, and the competition events of the Olympics, etc., so that the people would have a more detailed understanding of the Olympics, and it was also planned to be officially published and distributed after the serialization was completed.

Just when the East China Government gradually reached a small climax of the Olympics, it was calm outside the rule of the East China Government, because at this time, the war was covered with clouds in the entire south. Although the Southern War was over, the balance between the various forces in the south was completely broken. The three forces participating in the Southern War, Deyou Court, Fengde Court, and Yuan Shikai were actively expanding their troops to prepare for war. The Deyou Court planned to expand its troops by 400,000, the Fengde Court also planned to expand its troops by 100,000, and Yuan Shikai planned to expand its troops to 150,000.

The Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Zhang Renjun, Governor of Guangxi Zhang Mingqi, Governor of Guangxi, and Governor of Guizhou Pang Hongshu were also not careless at this time. The fire broke out in Bijing City Gate, which affected the fish. The three parties were expanding their troops. Who knew when the war would burn on them, so they could only expand their troops. So a small arms race was formed in southern China.

However, expanding the army and preparing for war cannot only expand the scale of the army, but also have sufficient weapons and ammunition. The entire southern region can only produce weapons and ammunition, and only Nanjing's Jinling Manufacturing Bureau. Fujian and Guangdong also have a little weapon and ammunition production capacity, but the production capacity is far from keeping up with the expansion speed of the army. Therefore, most weapons and ammunition can only be purchased from various countries, and countries also took the opportunity to sell arms and make a fortune in war. For a time, trade with China increased significantly.

However, expanding the army and preparing for war is the most expensive. Although the south is relatively rich, it cannot withstand such expenses. Therefore, in order to prepare enough funds, various forces in the south all adopted tax increases. Just a few months after the Southern War, taxes in various parts of the south were more than doubled, and in some places even tripled their taxes.

In contrast, within Yuan Shikai's jurisdiction, the increase in taxes was the least, with only 560% increase. One reason was that Yuan Shikai's jurisdiction was the most economically developed place among the entire southern forces. Only Guangdong could compare with it. However, the various countries in Guangdong were too powerful and the local economic dividends could not be distributed much. Yuan Shikai's jurisdiction was basically the final decision, so the economic dividends could be completely owned by Yuan Shikai; the other reason was that although Yuan Shikai also expanded his army, he was relatively restrained and did not blindly expand the scale of the army. Bi Jing Yuan Shikai was a soldier who had practiced military affairs and knew that military strength was more expensive than energy.

Finally, there is another point that Yuan Shikai has the highest self-sufficiency rate of weapons and ammunition, and his purchase of weapons from the East China government is much lower than that of other forces. Therefore, Yuan Shikai's military expansion and preparation cost is naturally much lower than that of other forces, and he still has the spare time to build a Yangtze River fleet. But even so, Yuan Shikai's jurisdiction still needs to increase tax by 50% or 60%.

In addition to expanding the army and preparing for war, the three parties of Deyou court, Fengde court, and Yuan Shikai also continued to get frictions on the border. Although there was no large-scale war, small-scale conflicts were continuous, almost every few days. If you suffer a loss today, you must find it back next time.

On the other hand, it is to join forces with the ranks of the ranks, Deyou court, and Fengde court have joined forces to defeat Yuan Shikai, but Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou, which did not participate in the Southern War, became the targets of all parties. However, Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou also know that they should not take sides easily at this time, because before the situation is clear, once they stand in the wrong team, it will be a disaster. Therefore, the three parties are impartial to the pull of all parties, maintain neutrality, and observe the changes in the situation.

At this time, all the forces in the south almost forgot that there was a huge monster in the north, eyeing them. Bi Jing has not yet raised troops to advance south, so he was so angry that he could only look at the front of him first.
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