Rebirth of the Qing Empire

After the war with Russia and Japan ended in 1905, the Beining District ushered in a period of rapid development, which also led to the good development of the national economy of the entire Qing Empire.

With the rapid increase in trade volume with other countries around the world, the maritime transportation industry of the Qing Empire emerged, and the huge demand for ships in the maritime transportation industry naturally promoted the development and growth of Beining's shipbuilding industry. Therefore, during this period, a large number of

New 10,000-ton ocean-going ships sailed out from various shipyards in the Beining area, and were continuously added to the fleet of Beining Ocean Shipping Company, prompting the fleet of Beining Ocean Shipping Company to continue to expand. The new 10,000-ton ships flying the Yellow Dragon Flag of the Qing Dynasty

More and more are appearing on the global ocean, competing with the newly rising Germany and the United States for the share of global maritime trade, and quickly seizing the maritime trade hegemony of the old maritime trade power - Britain.

Kanfan clearly remembered a piece of historical information he had read when studying the reasons for the outbreak of World War I: The fundamental reason why Britain regarded Germany as its mortal enemy was that "Germany built many ships and robbed our business."

After that, we couldn't find a reason to declare war on Germany...that is to lower the living standards of us British people. Perhaps it is easier for us to launch a war." This was the relationship between the then British Foreign Minister Baffour and the then United States.

Transcript of the conversation by Ambassador White to Italy.

White responded to Baffour this way: "Don't Germany have the same reasons as Britain to develop maritime trade? If you want to compete with Germany, you should work harder."

From this, the principles of dealing between the two countries are very clear.

Germany began to compete with Britain for local maritime trade in the late 19th century, and by 1907 it developed into a global competition. At this time, it was no longer possible to resolve the sharp conflicts between the two countries through peaceful means. Therefore, war was doomed to be inevitable.

The Bac Ninh Prefecture only began to emerge temporarily in global maritime trade after entering the 20th century. After the United Kingdom first identified Germany as its main enemy, it was impossible to identify the Bac Ninh Prefecture as its main enemy again - British national power

No matter how powerful it is, it does not have the strength to launch two wars of the same scale in Europe and Asia at the same time.

However, the rise of the Beining Prefecture will also cause trade frictions like those between Germany and the United Kingdom. The fact is that behind the Beining Prefecture is a huge Qing Empire, and its powerful comprehensive national strength is not comparable to that of Germany. Therefore, its influence on the United Kingdom

The threat posed will be even greater! Therefore, sooner or later, a war will break out between China and Britain, perhaps not long after the end of World War I.

Britain is currently tolerant to the Qing Empire because of the uncertainty in the European battlefield. Once it wins the European battlefield, it will be free to unite other countries to deal with the Qing Empire. Fortunately, Kang Fan

Know the outcome of World War I: that is, Britain, as the leader of the Allied Powers, will achieve victory in the European battlefield with its huge resource advantages of more than 30 million square kilometers of colonies and nearly 400 million colonial populations around the world.

Therefore, preparation for war is still a top priority. Moreover, this war in the future may be very large and cruel. Perhaps the Qing Empire can only deal with the joint attack of as many as a dozen countries on its own! The outcome will be unpredictable.

Therefore, before this war comes, the Qing Empire must do its best.

"This is too scary! Then our war will never be over, right?" Mei Xiang was dumbfounded.

Kang Fan sighed helplessly, "This has been the case since ancient times. The world is so big, and the total amount of resources and market size are fixed. The more benefits you gain, the more benefits others will lose, and competition is inevitable. In this way,

A problem of redistribution of interests arises. War is the final form of resolving the distribution of interests - using war to change the existing pattern or preserve the old pattern. A country wants to gain living space and necessary benefits in this world.

, the only way is to constantly strive for self-improvement and speak with strength." After speaking, Kang Fan clenched his fist and shook it.

Mei Xiang pressed his fists on the dining table and said while serving him rice: "If you say so, even if we go back to our era, the international situation we face will be the same."

"Yes." Kang Fan took a bite and said, "China in the 21st century is also facing the same situation. Hasn't our development also touched the global interests of the United States? The United States has been deliberately trying to unite the major powers to contain it.

China's development is not fundamentally different from what Britain is doing in this era. The war we will face in the future will be faced by China in the 21st century, but the leader will be replaced by the United States instead of Britain."

Mei Xiang placed the rice in front of Kang Fan, sat next to him in silence for a while, and said, "Why do you think we came to this era by accident? Maybe it was just that God took a nap and confused the time.

He messed up and leaked us here? Then if we want to go back, we have to wait for God to make a mistake again? But when will he make the same mistake again? If it is like you said, no matter what era

It’s the same world, so it’s better for us to go back. After all, we were born in that era and our world is there.”

Kang Fan smiled and said: "The transformation of time and space is not something we can control. We will get wherever God lets us go. For us, all we can do is survive, no matter where we are. This is a world of the jungle and the strong.

, this is true in every era.”

"I understand." Mei Xiang nodded dully, "After dinner, you took a walk with me in the house, I felt a little depressed."

Kang Fan hurriedly took the rice into his mouth. He is busy with official duties all year round, and it is rare to return to Taiyuan City. Now that he is back, Mei Xiang's request is an imperial edict, and Kang Fan will certainly comply with it.

Taiyuan City has now been upgraded to the capital of the Beining District. The Shanxi Governor's Office in the city was renamed the Beining Governor's Palace and is still everyone's Garden of Eden. Although Kang Fan and Mei Xiang, like Zhong Hanqiang and Mei Xiang's classmates, have been working in various departments of the Beining government

They hold high positions and spend most of the year in their respective positions, but no one is willing to move their homes away from here. Therefore, the "home" recognized by everyone is still here, which is what Kang Fan is happy to see.

Arrived. Adolf and Red Rabbit are already very old, and it’s time to spend more time with them.

Furthermore, many memorials reported from various places in Beining’s jurisdiction require Kang Fan to review them personally, and a lot of internal work needs to be handled.

Therefore, Kang Fan stayed in the mansion for more than half a year without leaving home. Every morning he went to the office in the front yard of the mansion on time to discuss the development plan of the Beining area with officials at all levels, and then returned to the mansion.

In the backyard of my home, I never leave the house. My work and rest schedules are very fixed, and I actually stay longer than Mei Xiang at home.

At this time, the territory under the jurisdiction of Beining in mainland China included the entire northeastern region and all of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Zhili, and Shandong Province, as well as parts of Inner Mongolia bordering Shanxi, Zhili, and Heilongjiang, plus coastal islands and overseas territories.

It became the mainstay of the Qing Empire's politics, economy, and national defense. Its government influence spread to all corners of the empire, and it controlled the Qing Empire's customs and foreign trade of traditional commodities such as tea, silk, and porcelain. Other provinces in the country were dependent on it.

The relationship between the Bac Ninh government and the Bac Ninh government is getting closer and closer, showing an obvious trend of integration. The separatist forces at home and abroad have been frightened by the strong strength of the Bac Ninh military. They have all ceased their activities and are being disintegrated one by one by the Bac Ninh military. And

The Qing court quickly degenerated into an existence with only symbolic significance, completely losing its role as a center of national power. Under the leadership of the Bac Ninh government, the Qing Empire's political situation was stable, its border defenses were solid, social undertakings were flourishing, and people's living standards were stable.

Improvement, comprehensive national strength has increased rapidly.

On June 28, 1914, the Bosnian youth Princip assassinated Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who advocated the annexation of Serbia in Sarajevo. Princip’s assassination was a great expression of love for the nation, but it led to the outbreak of the Austro-Hungarian War.

War between the Empire and Serbia.

On July 28, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. On July 30, Russia sent troops to assist Serbia. On August 1, Germany declared war on Russia, and on the 3rd, it declared war on France. On August 4, Germany invaded the country that remained neutral.

Belgium, Belgium declared war on Germany; on the same day, Britain declared war on Germany. On August 6, Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia, Serbia declared war on Germany, and Italy declared neutrality. On August 12, Britain declared war on Austria-Hungary. After that, others

Countries joined the two major European camps and were involved in the war. The First World War broke out.

The two 30,000-ton large luxury ocean liner "Xianglong" and "Ruifeng" owned by Bac Ninh Ocean Shipping Company originally operated on the Pacific route and the Indian Ocean-Atlantic route respectively. After the outbreak of the war, both cruise ships were ordered to sail

Atlantic Ocean, carrying out the task of evacuating the Qing Empire’s expatriates from the European Theater of Operations.

At the same time, the Bac Ninh government seized this favorable opportunity to provide the participating countries in the two camps with various industrial products that they urgently needed in addition to finished weapons, making a fortune from the war and reaping the benefits of the fisherman. Bac Ninh's navy had a large number of "big guns"

"Qing" class cruisers were ordered to dispatch to provide full armed escort for their merchant ships and cruise ships on the global ocean.

The new generation of "Daqing"-class improved cruiser "Daqing-C" class is the main warship performing this escort mission. The ship's hull structure, power system, electromechanical equipment, ship-based weapons, optoelectronic devices, etc. have all been improved.

Updated, the full load displacement increased to more than 4,000 tons, which improved the living conditions and ocean navigation capabilities, and the combat performance was even better. All ships are painted with the same white superstructure and blue hull as Bac Ninh Coast Guard ships, with large hanging

The Yellow Dragon Flag of the Qing Dynasty, with its majestic military appearance, showed the world the new image of the Qing Empire's navy.