Zhou Wenhuai nodded repeatedly and said, "The court has made a conclusion on the railway affairs, and the county should respect it. Please rest assured. ↗,"

Wang Sheng nodded and said, "That's good. In addition, we will pay the money and grain for Wangjiazhai during our station in Wangjiazhai, and we will never default. We will send it to the county at that time, so please don't need to send someone to the countryside to urge us."

Zhou Wenhuai was surprised when he heard this. It seemed that this group of overseas Chinese planned to occupy Wangjiazhai for a long time, but there were more than 300 households in Wangjiazhai, and only more than 2,000 acres of land were registered. I didn’t know that overseas Chinese were interested in Wangjiazhai and would have to station here for a long time. And they also had to pay money and grain for Wangjiazhai. However, as long as overseas Chinese did not come to infringe on Jiaozhou County, because according to the Qing Dynasty system, as long as the county town is not lost, the responsibility of the magistrate will be greatly reduced, and there is no such thing. Therefore, overseas Chinese will do whatever they want outside the county town. They just close the city gate and think that they don’t know. Not to mention that overseas Chinese want to pay money and grain for Wangjiazhai, they will not care if they don’t pay Jiaozhou County. In fact, Wangjiazhai does not have much money and grain, and they are only a few dozen taels of silver, which can be compensated from there.

Of course, Zhou Wenhuai also understood that Wang Sheng's payment of money and grain only included the official taxes of the court. In fact, this part of the taxes are not much, usually only about one-tenth of the farmers' harvest. When officials go to the local area to collect taxes, the official taxes of the court are only small, and the private money used by the county and the extra private income of the officials are the real big. Of course, a considerable part of this flows into the pockets of county officials such as magistrates, county magistrates, and sect officials. But overseas Chinese obviously will not pay this money.

Then Wang Sheng said: "There are also the villagers of Wangjiazhai who often come to Jiaozhou City to shop and purchase goods. In addition, we may also go to Jiaozhou City to purchase some goods or sell some goods. Therefore, you can also provide convenience and ensure the safety of personnel. However, please rest assured that we will clearly price everything in transactions, and we will buy and sell all the taxes, and we will never default on the tax."

This request made the three officials a little embarrassed, because in this way, Jiaozhou City is no longer on guard against overseas Chinese. Overseas Chinese come whenever they want and leave when they want. It is easy to capture Jiaozhou City. However, Zhou Wenhuai thought again that if overseas Chinese want to capture Jiaozhou City by force, he could not resist it. In fact, it is no difference whether these requests are agreed or not. Then it would be better to agree to it. It would be a day to delay it, at least in the famous proposition, Jiaozhou City is still under his control. Therefore, he agreed.

Seeing that Zhou Wenhuai agreed to all his requests, Wang Sheng was also very happy. Of course, this agreement would not be evidenced on any paper, because Zhou Wenhuai did not have such power and did not dare to establish such a document. Therefore, it could only be regarded as an oral gentleman agreement. As for whether both sides respect it or not, it only depends on the conscience and external interference of each party. For example, if the Qing court suddenly ordered troops to be sent to Wangjiazhai, or the executive committee of the time traveler decided to capture Jiaozhou City by force, then the agreement would immediately lose its effect. Of course, in the absence of these situations, this agreement should still be able to last for a period of time, and this is acceptable for both parties.

After the two sides talked for a while, Wang Sheng stood up and said goodbye. Zhou Wenhuai, Li Xingfang and Liu Yuan together sent everyone to the lobby, and they said their own farewell.

After returning to the Second Hall, the expressions of the first, second and third leaders of Jiaozhou County changed. Zhou Wenhuai shook his sleeves fiercely and said, "This Wang Kefu is really hateful. He dares to tell lies and deceive the county. It is really unforgivable."

Li Xingfang also said: "Yes, yes, this time it's really dangerous. Our Jiaozhou County is almost in a state of doom. It's all Wang Kefu's selfish thoughts, so he must not forgive Wang Kefu lightly."

Liu Yuan said: "Please give an order from the Lord of the Church. I will send someone to arrest Wang Kefu immediately, and I will definitely be severely punished."

It turned out that just after the time travelers captured Qingdao, Jiaozhou County received a message from the Shandong Governor's Office. The current Shandong Governor Yuan Shikai warned local officials in Shandong to strictly prohibit conflicts with overseas Chinese troops. If there is any friction between the two sides, try to tolerate them as much as possible and never provoke them mainly.

Although Shandong Province is located in the north, it also joined the Southeast Mutual Protection. Yuan Shikai was an official of the Westernization faction and also had some understanding of the reality and reality of Western countries. When the Boxer Rebellion was first on the rise, Yuan Shikai saw that the Boxer Rebellion could not accomplish any major events. Therefore, after becoming the governor of Shandong, he tried his best to suppress the Shandong Boxer Rebellion and protect the foreigners in Shandong, so as not to give foreign countries an excuse to invade Shandong. After the Qing court declared war on various countries, Yuan Shikai immediately joined the Southeast Mutual Protection, composed of governors and governors from the southeast, becoming the only northern province to participate in the Southeast Mutual Protection.

After joining Southeast Mutual Protection, Yuan Shikai was also very concerned about the movements of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Overseas Chinese suddenly appeared, defeating the Eight-Nation Alliance, capturing Tianjin, and turning the situation in China. Yuan Shikai naturally knew. Although Yuan Shikai was quite skeptical about the origin of overseas Chinese, he was still quite pleased. No matter what, the other party claimed to be a descendant of Chinese overseas and was an enemy of the Eight-Nation Alliance, which was naturally beneficial to the Qing Dynasty. There was no conflict of interest with Yuan Shikai, so Yuan Shikai naturally would not be hostile to overseas Chinese.

Then the time travelers launched the Shandong Battle and conquered Weihai and Qingdao in succession. Yuan Shikai was also very surprised. This group of overseas Chinese dared to do it. Isn’t this the naked face of the British and Germans? And the British and Germans would never give up and would send troops to retaliate. Once the two sides fought, the outcome was really hard to predict. Originally, overseas Chinese, British and Germans had nothing to do with Yuan Shikai, but if they really wanted to fight, the battlefield was in Shandong, so they would be in trouble as the governor of Shandong.

But after a few days, Britain and Germany seemed to have no movement, and the information received from Shanghai was that the negotiations on the increase of troops and Qing Dynasty collapsed and were planning to negotiate with overseas Chinese. Yuan Shikai could not help but be shocked again. Of course, he would not think that the countries had made good intentions and did not fight with overseas Chinese. Instead, the strength of overseas Chinese made all countries feel that they were not sure of victory, so they decided to negotiate with overseas Chinese.

This time, Yuan Shikai's mood became much more complicated, because overseas Chinese had already entered the Shandong region, which was Yuan Shikai's area, so Yuan Shikai naturally did not dare to be as indifferent as those who were watching. Moreover, Yuan Shikai also vaguely felt that there was another powerful chess player in this chess game in China, and even Yuan Shikai could not understand whether this change was a blessing or a disaster for the Qing Dynasty.

However, there is one thing that Yuan Shikai is very clear about, that is, whether it is overseas Chinese or foreigners, they are not forces that he can offend. Now that overseas Chinese have landed in Shandong and entered their own jurisdiction, they will also face the problem of how to deal with overseas Chinese.

Yuan Shikai became the governor of Shandong in December 1899. During his tenure, he got along well with Britain and Germany because before Shandong Governor Yuan Shikai knew very well that he did not use force to deal with Britain and Germany, but used the Boxer Rebellion to deal with Britain. Germany was even more whimsical. Therefore, Yuan Shikai advocated the strategy of "maintaining the manager first, not giving a way to make a mistake, not taking advantage of the gap, and gradually getting along with each other and protecting my own rights." In response to Germany, Yuan Shikai proposed four detailed plans: one to choose carefully to obey orders; two to emphasize the convoy; three to station patrol soldiers; four to select personnel to station in the rubber. The main emphasis is on using administrative skills and international treaties to restrain Germany's behavior in Shandong and strive to maintain China's sovereignty.

So after Yuan Shikai became the governor of Shandong, he actively suppressed the Boxer Rebellion and maintained the stability of the Shandong region; on the other hand, he repeatedly negotiated with Germany and finally signed the [Sino-Germany Jiao-Australia Negotiation Regulations and Dehua Mining Regulations] with Germany on March 21, 1900, including 11 Jiao-Australia Articles, 20 Mining Regulations, and 28 Railway Regulations; the content mainly includes: 1. Ensure China's governance in Jiao-Australia; 2. Determine China's sovereignty; 3. Both sides agreed to China to send a negotiating official, and Germany appointed an official in Qingdao to jointly discuss and handle various matters; 4. Inquired about the opinions of Chinese officials and gentry in advance. 5. Taking into account the rights and interests of the people.

This [Article] can be seen as a clear explanation and supplement to some vague clauses in the [China-Germany Jiao-Australia Concession Treaty]. Although it guarantees Germany's interests in Shandong's leased land and the right to build railways and mine mining, it also clearly stipulates that railways and mining areas outside the leased land are under China's jurisdiction. This has won a lot of rights and dignity for the Qing court, and to a certain extent restricted the development of German forces in Shandong.

Overall, Yuan Shikai served as the governor of Shandong for one year. On the one hand, he actively suppressed the Boxer Rebellion, ensuring the stability of the Shandong region and not giving foreign forces an excuse to intervene in the Shandong region. On the other hand, he maintained good relations with Britain and Germany, and at the same time he also won a certain amount of sovereignty for China. It was considered to be comprehensive and maintained by all parties, which fully demonstrated Yuan Shikai's strong execution ability.

But now Yuan Shikai is no longer facing the British and German countries, but overseas Chinese. Yuan Shikai didn't know how to deal with overseas Chinese. After all, this group of people was too sudden. Yuan Shikai didn't know the situation of overseas Chinese at all, so he naturally didn't know how to communicate with overseas Chinese. Therefore, Yuan Shikai asked Shanghai for the situation of overseas Chinese, and at the same time, he also ordered local officials from all over Shandong to strictly prohibit conflicts with overseas Chinese. Of course, this was just a verbal order, and it did not use the official writing of the Shandong Governor's Office.
Chapter completed!