readsfreenovel Chapter 262: Secret Talks between the Northern Government and the Dwarf Locust Nation
Chapter 262: Secret Talks between the Northern Government and the Dwarf Locust Nation
After defeating the coalition forces of the North and the South, Fang Jian allowed Chen Shuhe and others to enter Nanchuan to explore the mineral resources of Nanchuan.
Now that more than a month has passed, although the entire Nanchuan has not been fully explored, I think there should be some results.
Zhuang Jiwu introduced: "Professor Chen has explored five cities including Guangshan, Hanjiang, and Anshan, and discovered rich resources such as oil and tungsten."
"Okay, the mining in Nanchuan needs to be taken seriously. Jiwu, you have to keep an eye on this matter throughout the process." Fang Jian ordered.
Fang Jian still attaches great importance to resource exploitation. Only by establishing a complete light and heavy industrial system can the country develop steadily.
Resources are an indispensable part of establishing a light and heavy industrial system.
Then Fang Jian asked again, "How is the preparation for the school going?"
Francis Jian also cares very much about educational development. Educational development is the foundation of scientific and technological development. Even if Francis Jian has system help, the system is not omnipotent.
To enhance Daxin's technological background and catch up with the civilization behind the system, one must have a certain scientific foundation and the technological civilization of Diyuanxing itself.
The foundation of all this is to promote education and cultivate talents.
"Director Li has rushed from Nanshan to Nanchuan to inspect the education situation in various places. He plans to fully launch the school construction plan after returning from the inspection." Zhuang Jiwu introduced.
Nanchuan's education was all planned by Li Feng. In three years, a mature education system has been established in the entire Nanchuan, with 964 primary schools, 435 middle schools and 22 universities.
Of course, the number of these schools is still insufficient for Nanshan, but a solid foundation has been laid, and all that is needed is steady development in the future.
In order to develop Nanchuan's education, Zhou Zhuowu specially appointed Li Feng as the director of Nanchuan Education Bureau, responsible for Nanchuan's education planning.
He also discussed some government affairs of Nanchuan and Nanshan with Zhuang Jiwu, and then Zhuang Jiwu said goodbye and left.
Not long after Zhuang Jiwu left, Tao Yunong hurried to the Governor's Mansion and said, "Commander, the Little Locust Country is having another secret meeting with the Northern Government, and plans to have the Little Locust Country station troops in Qiyuan."
"What?" Upon hearing the news, Fang Jian instantly became furious.
"What exactly do the traitors of the Northern government want to do? Have the two sides reached an agreement? Can we find out the full content of the secret talks?"
Tao Yunong shook his head: "The relationships in the Northern government are complicated, and we haven't bribed the mole at the top."
"The news that the Dwarf Locust Nation has stationed troops in Qiyuan was obtained by Mole from the fragments of information his teacher provided."
After listening to Tao Yunong's explanation, Fang Jian did not blame the Intelligence Department. The northern government was not like the new army in the south. Many high-ranking officials in the north were bureaucrats from the previous dynasty.
He is in a high position, enjoying endless wealth and splendor, how can he not understand being a mole for the Nanshan government?
It's fine to bribe these people to speak for the Nanshan government, and it's fine to leak some information to Nanshan occasionally, but it's absolutely not okay to let them be moles.
Francis said solemnly, "Any news about Prussia and the new army in the south?"
The Dwarf Locust Country is now considered a powerful country, and its navy is also ranked among the best in the world. It is not about its combat effectiveness, but the number of its warships is only second to Xionghui, Pru, Lighthouse, and White Bear Country, ranking fifth in the world.
As for combat effectiveness, there is no direct manifestation of combat effectiveness because there has been no battle with major powers.
"We haven't found out yet." Tao Yunong shook his head.
The reason why Francis Jian asked about Pru and the new army in the south was because Xionghui and Pru had been trying to win over the Dwarf Locust Kingdom in recent years.
Of course, they were not interested in the army of the Dwarf Locust Country, but its naval power. Like the Blue Star, the Earthly Planet also had a vast ocean area.
In the event of a world war, the navy will undoubtedly be crucial.
If both sides knew the intentions of the Dwarf Locust Kingdom, it must be said that Prussia might give up contact with Nanshan.
The New Southern Army may take the initiative to contact the Small Locust Country. Many of the high-ranking members of the New Southern Army have studied in the Small Locust Country, learned about its culture, and are relatively in agreement with it.
By the time the small locust country reaches cooperation with both the North and the South, its target will definitely become the Nanshan government.
Thinking of this, Fang Jian couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows and felt a little headache.
The Dwarf Locust Country already has a complete industrial system. Once it decides to use military force against the new country, it can quickly arm an army of one million.
Relying on the madness of its people, even the newly formed army will not be weaker in fighting spirit than the small division.
In order to destroy the small division, more than 8,000 Nanshan soldiers were killed in battle. Facing the million-strong dwarf locust army, it is unknown how many troops they will lose.
Thinking of this, Fang Jian ordered: "Expand the number of Nanchuan reserve forces to 500,000, and pay close attention to the movements in the north and south."
"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong responded immediately.
And in the Northern Government meeting room in the new capital of Bac Nguyen Province.
At this time, they were divided into two sides, with a short locust sitting on the left and high-ranking officials of the northern government sitting on the right, among whom Yuan Yueting was prominently listed.
The Small Locust Kingdom was headed by Ito Sanefunasaki, and the two sides had been in secret talks for more than half a month. Because Yuan Yueting had taken sufficient confidentiality measures, the news of the talks between the two sides had never been leaked.
The representative of the Dwarf Locust Nation, Kato Eiji, said: "No, Qiyuan Province must be placed under the rule of the Dwarf Nation. Only then can we develop Qiyuan with peace of mind."
The two sides have basically reached an agreement on other issues, except for the issue of Qiyuan Province, which is controversial.
What the Northern Government meant was that Qiyuan Province could be managed, stationed, and policed by the Dwarf Locust Kingdom, but it would still be under the rule of the Northern Government in name, and local officials would also be managed by the Northern Government.
The northern government made concessions, but the dwarf locust nation was still not satisfied and they wanted full control of Qiyuan Province.
"Mr. Kato, Qiyuan Province is the territory of the Great New Kingdom. If it is directly transferred to the jurisdiction of the Small Dwarf Locust Kingdom, will it cause a bad impact internationally?" said Duan Chengrui, Prime Minister of the Northern Government.
Another representative of the Dwarf Locust Country, Yoshida Taro, said: "My Dwarf Locust Country is a powerful country in the world. We have not touched the interests of the powerful countries. What impact can we have?"
They are not occupying the East China Sea. Occupying the East China Sea would affect the interests of the great powers and would cause dissatisfaction among countries.
Although Qiyuan borders Dongchuan Province, its importance is far less than that of Donghai.
After they occupied Qiyuan, other countries in the world would at most protest with dissatisfaction, but there would definitely be no substantive action. Will the protest have any impact on the Dwarf Locust Country? They don't care about the protests of other countries.
Seeing Yuan Yueting and others looking at their people with complicated expressions, Ito Shiwen said indifferently:
"If we can't reach an agreement on the Qiyuan Province issue, then all previous discussions will be null and void."
"What?" Hearing this, Yuan Yueting could no longer sit still.
It should be noted that the content of the previous negotiations included not only additional loans from the Dwarf Locust Country, but also terms such as the Dwarf Locust Country helping them unify the North and selling advanced weapons.
If all of these were to be invalidated, it would not be a good thing for the Northern government.
After a long silence, Yuan Yueting slumped down in the chair and whispered, "Okay, I promise to give Qiyuan Province to you."