The news of the victory of the Qingdao Battle reached Tianjin at noon that day, and the Provisional Government of Tianjin New District also announced the news to the people of Tianjin as soon as possible. △↗Dingdian Novel,...For ordinary Tianjin people, the victory of the Qingdao Battle is naturally another major encouragement, and once again proves that overseas Chinese are indeed more powerful than foreigners, and naturally they are more attentive.

After hearing the news, the consuls of various countries in Tianjin were shocked again. What was this group of overseas Chinese going to do? They refused to negotiate with various countries and took the initiative to send troops to seize the colonies of Britain and Germany. Do they really want to drive all foreign forces to China?

Of course, the consular responses of various countries are not exactly the same. The consulars of Britain and Germany were naturally extremely angry because the time travelers launched the Shandong Battle and captured the colonies of Britain and Germany, causing significant direct losses to the two countries. Britain was a little better. After all, Britain had many overseas colonies, and Weihaiwei was not the focus of the British overseas colonies. In comparison, Germany's losses were much greater. Germany's overseas colonies were not many, and the few blocks they grabbed were not a good place. Qingdao was the only colony in Germany in the Far East. The German government had invested a lot of manpower and material resources in Qingdao, and all of them were wasted.

However, although the consuls of the two countries were annoyed, they had no choice but to do anything. After all, the situation is stronger than that of people. After the Shandong Battle, no one dared to underestimate the determination of the time traveler. Without sufficient military power as a backing, all diplomatic means were abandoned. The consuls of the two countries could only generate electricity to the domestic country, saying that China's problems could only be solved through force, and suggested that the domestic investment should be invested in more and greater military forces in China, otherwise it would be impossible to curb the expansion of overseas Chinese.

The consuls of Russia and Japan were not so angry, but were shocked. After all, Russia and Japan had no interests in Shandong, and naturally there was no loss. It was just that after the overseas Chinese seized Weihaiwei and Qingdao, they further expanded their power to the Shandong region. This was not good news for the two countries, because the Shandong Peninsula defended the Yellow Sea, and was facing Japan, North Korea, which belongs to Japan's sphere of influence, and Russia occupied Lushun. Overseas Chinese have shown strong maritime power. Since they can attack Shandong from Tianjin across the sea, who can say that they will not attack Japan, North Korea, and Lushun across the sea. Therefore, the consuls of Russia and Japan frequently generated power to the country, strengthened their vigilance, and negotiated how to win the greatest benefits for themselves in this complex situation.

France, which had just signed a commercial order with the time traveler, was not only shocked, but also had a layer of concern. On the one hand, the time traveler captured Weihaiwei and Qingdao by force and expanded its power to Shandong region, which of course aroused the vigilance of the two countries. At the same time, the two countries were also worried that the commercial order had just been affected by the time traveler's signing a commercial order with the time traveler. Because it was not only commercial interests, but also the loss of the two countries' expansion of their own interests in the Tianjin region.

However, in addition to being shocked and worried, the French also had a layer of gloating and talking, because the Germans were the biggest victims of this incident, and France and Germany were hostile countries. Therefore, as long as they saw the Germans defeated, the French would be happy. French Consul Du Shilan even considered whether to further strengthen their relations with overseas Chinese and work together to curb Germany. But after careful consideration, Du Shilan gave up this idea. After all, Germany has little interests in the Far East, and overseas Chinese have no influence on Europe. Strengthening relations with overseas Chinese does not have much substantive help to France. On the contrary, it is easy to be opposed by other countries. Therefore, it is not advisable to improve the relationship with overseas Chinese too much. At present, only commercial interests are considered.

Of course, after establishing commercial relations, the relationship between France and the United States and the Time Travelers has improved a little. After all, the two countries have little interests in Tianjin, and the two sides have to cooperate to make money. Therefore, after learning that the Time Travelers had won the Qingdao Battle, the consuls of the two countries came to the administrative building of the Tianjin New District Government early the next morning to ask for a meeting with the Time Travelers.

In fact, time travelers also hope to improve relations with France and the United States, so as to further disintegrate the Eight-Nation Alliance. After all, time travelers cannot be hostile to the Eight-Nation Alliance for a long time. After the time travelers entered Shandong and established a base, they naturally hope to stop the hostile situation with the Eight-Nation Alliance and shift their energy to their own development.

The person responsible for receiving consulars from both countries is Li Sanjie, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Now the administrative system of time travelers has been initially improved, and various affairs have been handled by corresponding departments. There is no need for several leaders to do everything personally. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a department that is specifically responsible for handling foreign affairs, so the work of the consulars of France and the United States is naturally the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Li Sanjie welcomed the two consulates into his office. After both sides sat down, French Consul Du Shilan spoke first: "Minister, we hope to know what is your next plan after you occupy Weihaiwei and Qingdao?"

After hearing Du Shilan's question, Li Sanjie first despised this Frenchman in his heart. If someone asks such idiotic questions, how can we tell you the next plan? However, the Tai Chi pusher is the masterpiece of Chinese diplomatic officials in the old time and space. Although Li Sanjie's level is not high, he is working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is influenced by his eyes and listening to Tai Chi pusher, so he naturally has a good idea.

So Li Sanjie said: "We have always been peace-loving and opposing war. We have always hoped to resolve the current war in China in a peaceful way. However, this time, all countries rejected peace negotiations first. We were forced to choose the means of war. However, we still adopted a restrained attitude towards using military power and did not expand the model of war. Therefore, we hope that all countries can move with us and still return to the negotiating table to resolve wars and establish peace in the form of negotiations."

Du Shilan repeated Li Sanjie's words three times in his heart to figure out what Li Sanjie meant. Overseas Chinese wanted to negotiate with various countries. In fact, Du Shilan was also a smart person and immediately understood the intention of overseas Chinese. They hoped to formally consolidate the benefits currently obtained through negotiations and force countries to accept the status quo.

The two consuls looked at each other. It is common for overseas Chinese to do this in Europe, because in Europe, they have been talking and fighting for hundreds of years. And overseas Chinese are now expressing their intention to negotiate with countries, and naturally they hope that their two countries will lead to this, convey this intention to other countries, and ultimately promote peace talks.

Of course, this is of great benefit to France and the United States. First, the two countries also hope to end the war as soon as possible and do business with peace of mind; second, it can also strengthen the voice of the two countries in the Eight-Nation Alliance and enhance the international status of the two countries.

Du Shilan immediately said: "Of course, of course, we also hope to resolve China's battle peacefully, and we will also reply to the country, asking domestic calls on other countries to start peace talks with you as soon as possible."

Li Sanjie nodded and said, "I hope the two consuls can work hard to promote the restart of the peace talks."

Du Shilan said: "We have another problem this time. A few days ago, the merchants from both countries formed several commercial contracts with you. Now the country has begun to be implemented. I don't know what changes will happen to you after the war and whether you can continue to perform the contract."

Li Sanjie laughed and said, "Of course not. Before the war began, we have promised your country's merchants that we will continue to perform the contract. Therefore, you can rest assured that your country's merchants can do it and must perform the contract in accordance with the requirements."

After hearing this, the two consuls were relieved. After receiving this reply, they could explain it even when they went back.

Li Sanjie said again: "Also, after asking the two consuls to go back, we can convey to your country's businessmen that we will have more major commercial projects in Weihaiwei and Qingdao in the next step. Although the projects of the whole company have not been determined yet, please prepare and we have greater and more opportunities for cooperation.

The two consuls looked at each other, but they could not suppress the joy in their eyes. Because of course both countries hoped to expand their commercial interests in China. Before that, Shandong was controlled by Britain and Germany, mainly Germany. After Germany forcibly rented Qingdao, they regarded Shandong as their own ban and would never allow other forces to intervene. France and the United States naturally could not intervene. Now overseas Chinese have occupied Weihaiwei and Qingdao, so the opportunity for both countries has come. The introduction of overseas Chinese to foreign investment is obviously much more open than that of Germany.

Of course, there are quite a lot of restrictions on commercial trade under the control of overseas Chinese. They are definitely not as free as in the areas controlled by the Qing Dynasty. They must be honestly respected by the laws and rules formulated by overseas Chinese. However, if there are restrictions, it is much better to be able to intervene at all. Since overseas Chinese expelled Britain and Germany, there is no foreign power in Shandong now, and it has become completely blank. Therefore, by intervening in Shandong at this time, you can seize the initiative. For France and the United States, it is naturally of great interest.

The two sides talked for a while, and the two consuls were satisfied. They stood up and said goodbye to Li Sanjie, each returned to their own embassy, ​​and immediately generated electricity to their own domestic countries, informed the domestic of the results of today's talks with Li Sanjie, and suggested that the domestic immediately start diplomatic actions and restart negotiations with overseas Chinese to strive to be able to peacefully resolve China's war, and recognize the rights and interests obtained by overseas Chinese in Shandong, and then take the opportunity to develop into Shandong.
Chapter completed!