"Suppression? Are you thinking about shit! The Russians and the indigenous monkeys have done evil. Why should we, the British, wipe their ass? What do you mean, you want us, the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, and the Russians to be tied to the same profit chariot? ?"
The angry governor roared crazily and cursed the clerk bloody.
"The Chinese people outside are not fools. Their protest has been going on for four hours now. Have you seen an incident of beating, smashing, and looting? No, not one!"
"This shows that these Chinese people can still distinguish the difference between Russia and us in the UK. They know that every injustice has its owner and its debtor has its owner. If we choose to suppress it, wouldn't it be like tying the noble empire on which the sun never sets to those barbaric Tsarist Russia?" Are we together? Are you a stupid pig!"
After venting his anger, the governor gasped and shouted, "Send the order and send translators to speak along the streets... First, let us say that our British colonial government is aware of the Chinese people's petition and we will consider it carefully!"
"Second, tell the Chinese people that the behavior of the British and the Russians has no connection at all. They are them and we are us. Even the relationship between the United Kingdom and Russia is not that good!"
"Third, the Lion City does not accept any violent behavior such as beating, smashing, and looting. If the Chinese dare to cause trouble, we will suppress it immediately. Please don't take our friendliness as weakness!"
"Fourth..." A hint of helplessness appeared on the governor's face as he said this. "Fourth, ask these Chinese, what do they want to do? The Russians are at war with them, why do they come to Britain to protest? This doesn't make sense. ah!"
Soon the translator from the Governor's Palace walked into the protesting crowd, delivered the Governor's four-point statement to all Chinese, and demanded that urban order be restored immediately within three hours.
It should be said that the British Governor's response this time was very appropriate. He did not anger the Chinese and did not give in too much. He was as tactful as a fox.
What can the Chinese ask for! All Chinese had only one voice, demanding that Britain remain independent throughout the incident, demanding that Britain promise not to unite with the princes, and promise not to send troops to suppress the Chinese uprising in Borneo.
When the Governor heard the petition of the Chinese, he shot stern eyes at the officials in the study. He was shocked. Why did he only receive a letter from the Kingdom of Brunei asking for help yesterday, and today a demonstration broke out among the Chinese? There is a traitor, damn these Chinese must have corrupted my men with money.
In the end, the British Governor expressed his stance to the 70,000 Chinese people. He reiterated that the British expedition had nothing to do with the Russians, did not want to form an alliance with Russia, and had no plans to send troops to Borneo for the time being... But he also hoped that the British All parties can remain rational, and war will not help ease the situation...
Barabara made diplomatic remarks, but the final meaning was very clear, that is, Britain would not intervene for the time being and maintain absolute neutrality. This was what the 70,000 Chinese people wanted, and the crowd immediately burst into revelry.
"All Chinese businesses opened donation boxes...all Chinese military donations were centralized in Lotte Bank...purchased arms, hired Chinese soldiers...went north to support Borneo!"
The streets were filled with the enthusiastic roars of Chinese people, and the Lion City went completely crazy. People crowded into major Chinese business houses and gathered their years of work together. At that moment, there was only one voice in the crowd.
"Today we save our Chinese brothers in Borneo, and tomorrow we will save ourselves in the Lion City! The Chinese people in the world are one family, and the Prime Minister's Chinese Code has told us this truth! Saving others means saving yourself, don't say anything else, Let’s break up the family and raise money!”
In the afternoon of that day, the total amount of military funds raised in the Lion City reached 4.8 million Ryukyu silver dollars, and the lobby of Lotte Bank was already filled with mountains of silver.
"Arms, arms! We need arms!"
"Supplies, supplies! We want war supplies!"
"Young and strong, young and strong! We want the bravest warriors!"
"Sea ships, sea ships! The Lion City requisitions all sea ships to transport troops northward!"
The silver mountain of fundraising is rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, and shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. Purchase contracts are flying to major companies in South Asia. Western arms dealers' weapons are almost sold out at high prices. The docks are all empty. The remaining merchant ships are all hired with high salaries to transport Chinese young people.
The Lion City is just a microcosm of the entire Nanyang storm. Chinese in Sumatra, Java, Sunda Islands, Luzon, Mindanao, including Myanmar, Thailand, Annan and other places have also taken action.
The protests grew louder and louder, the amount of military supplies donated became higher and higher, and the number of young men setting off for Borneo increased even more.
The native kings of Borneo were completely dumbfounded, especially King Bali. He found out why the Chinese soldiers in Bai Layi and other reclamation areas were fighting more and more? Moreover, weapons and equipment are becoming more and more advanced. What is even more incredible is why the British, who have been paying most attention to this place, suddenly became silent?
No matter how urgent the letter for help was, no matter how high the price offered, it could not move the hearts of the British. The King of Brunei was completely at a loss.
Are the British really afraid of Chinese protests? The British will definitely deny this question, but while they deny it, they will definitely not give you a correct answer. Everything requires you to guess, including Xiao Letian, who also needs to carefully figure it out and judge.
The Prime Minister's Mansion of Ryukyu has been shrouded in a strange atmosphere since Sakamoto Ryoma's defection. As bad news came one piece after another, the Prime Minister's temper became more and more irritable.
Xiao Letian's roars were often heard in the study, and countless high-ranking officials were scolded by him. Girls such as Qingwen from the inner house did not dare to take a step closer to the study. Xiao Letian had not seen them for a long time.
Even though Qingwen looks like a little pepper on weekdays, she doesn't dare to mess around in front of Xiao Letian when something big happens. No, even her attempt to deliver a bowl of nourishing soup to Xiao Letian was blocked.
Qingwen wore thick cotton gloves and held a steaming large casserole, which contained fragrant seafood porridge, fragrant rice from Nanyang, dried shrimps, grouper fillets, crab roe, scallops, and sea cucumbers. ...I have been waiting for the nourishing food for more than an hour, and now is the most delicious time to eat it.
But no matter how Qingwen begged, the two guards guarding the study just chewed their teeth and shook their heads: "Mrs. Ru! Don't embarrass me. It's usually easy to say whatever you want, but in recent days, the Prime Minister has issued a strict order, no No one can disturb him when he calls... not even the Four Heavenly Kings!"
Qingwen was so anxious that she almost cried, "I won't go into the inner study. I put the porridge in the outer room. Isn't it okay for me to just look at him through the window? Can't I still spy on information?"
The Guards wanted to let them go but they didn't dare. At this moment, they suddenly heard a loud bang in the yard, followed by Xiao Letian's roar.
"Fart! You fart! How could Bai Layi be attacked? How could my gold and military rations be lost? This is some idiot who lied about military information. Take him out and shoot him!"
There was another loud bang, and something was smashed again, followed closely by Wang Huaiyuan's hollow coughing and irritable arguments.
"Prime Minister...cough cough cough...anger will not help, the matter must be solved! Our CIA has made a new plan based on this accident, please take a look!"
"Don't look at it! I don't look at it... Where is my food! Where is my gold! Send troops to capture Ryoma Sakamoto for me! I will chop him into pieces with my own hands..."
Suddenly Wang Huaiyuan burst into an angry roar, "That's enough! Please calm down! The most difficult problem now is not Borneo, but Jiangnan! Jiangnan is in complete chaos! You have to make up your mind whether we want to implement our original plan or not." ah!"
