Chapter Nineteen: The Humiliated Japanese
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"Baron Rothschild, I'm surprised to see you here too." Princess Alice or Alex said to Baron Rothschild, then elegantly stretched out her small hand to Yang Feng, a hint of subtle pride flashing in her eyes, seemingly delighted by his astonished expression.
Yang Dalao hurriedly pulled Lin Luoke forward to pay their respects, then, with a look of being honored, he kissed her small hand and said: "The arrival of the two nobles is truly an honor for me."
As he was a prince and princess, he naturally could no longer continue to greet guests outside. Along with Lin Luo and the two of them accompanying Xiao Zai and Alice as well as Lord Rothschild, they were just about to enter the castle when another carriage stopped in front of the gate, and an officer from the British Navy Ministry invited by him got out of the carriage.
Yang Feng smiled apologetically at the fools for a moment, and just as he was about to greet them, his eyebrows furrowed involuntarily because another short man wearing a Japanese naval uniform walked out of the carriage.
"Colonel Nolington, who is this?" Mr. Yang said calmly.
"Mr. Yang, I am Kawahara Yoichi, the military attaché of the Japanese Embassy in the UK. I have always admired you greatly, and today I heard that you are hosting a New Year's party, so I took the liberty of coming to pay my respects. Please forgive me for any impertinence."
"General, I'm afraid you're not acquainted with anyone here. This is a gathering of close friends, and we've never met before. Please leave." Mr. Yang said coldly.
Kawara Yoichi was stunned on the spot, this is a blatant slap in the face, and it's not just an ordinary slap in the face. The guy's face immediately turned bright red, and Colonel Nolinden beside him hastily said, "Yang..."
His words were cut off by Yang Feng: "Colonel, I'm very sorry, it seems that I need to take back the invitation I gave you."
Colonel Nolington was also stunned there for a moment.
"Your Excellency Duke, Your Highness Princess, Baron please come in." Yang Da Boss completely ignored them and turned to the three fools.
"Yang, don't you like Japanese people?" Alice asked curiously as she walked in.
"Your Highness, today is a happy day and I don't want to be disturbed by an unpleasant person. Please don't be fooled by the image of Japanese people in Europe. This is a barbaric and inferior nation. You know that their country is Asia's largest supplier of prostitutes? Their parents sell them to human traffickers, who then transport them on slave ships to various countries where they wait for disease and decay. Every year, tens of thousands of these poor girls are ruined. I really find it hard to have a good impression of such a nation."
An opportunity to tarnish the image of Japanese people, Boss Yang would not miss it. Although it's not very polite to say these things to a princess, but his relationship with Alice doesn't need to care about these things.
"My goodness, it's too terrible! I thought they were very polite all along." Alice covered her mouth with her hand and exclaimed in a low voice with a shocked expression.
"That's just a show. This is a nation that is very good at disguising itself. They will use the most flattering attitude to please the strong, but also use the most cruel way to treat the weak. The image they are showing in Europe now is only because they are weak. Once they become strong one day, they will destroy the civilization here like Attila and Batu." Yang Feng said with a shrug.
This princess is influencing the courts of three empires, and they are the strongest three empires in the world. She will ruin Japan's image in the courts of Britain, Germany, and Russia, and then her future husband will be stabbed by a Japanese person as evidence after a few days. I believe it won't be easy for the Japanese to restore their image again. Looking back, let Ming Pao send someone to investigate Southeast Asia, the effect will definitely increase exponentially. It's estimated that before the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan will become notorious in Europe. There are not many people who can play with public opinion control in this world.
The arrival of the prince and princess immediately pushed the atmosphere of the wine party to a high level. A group of high-ranking officials were served by waitresses in red nurse uniforms, clinking glasses in a daze of red light. As for Colonel Norton and Major Kawahara who were being humiliated outside, no one paid much attention to them. In fact, Colonel Norton was worried about his future career. Although he did not know Prince Victor and Princess Alex, he knew Lord Rothschild, the financial king of Britain and Europe, who had appeared at Yang Feng's wine party. This also meant that if Yang Feng wanted to crush him, a small colonel, it would be no more difficult than crushing an ant.
"Colonel, this man is too rude." Kawahara said with a face full of indignation, trying to stir up trouble.
"Colonel Norton, he has the qualifications to be rude." Colonel Norton said with a pale face, then sighed very resentfully, turned around and got on his own carriage. Unknowingly whether it was an oversight or intentional, he actually forgot to wait for Kawahara to get on before leaving, poor Major Kawahara had to walk one mile in the snow before encountering Colonel Norton who suddenly remembered him and called a rental carriage to pick him up.
The next day, the Morning Post reported that Captain Kawahara of the Japanese Embassy in London had been refused entry to Yang's party, while Prince Victor and Princess Alexandra attended. The article then described the miserable situation of Japan in various Asian countries, concluding that any respectable gentleman would not allow such a person to attend a royal gathering, thus sullying its dignity. As a result, the London social circle shunned the Japanese.
The Japanese were not willing to let their reputation be ruined by Yang Feng, so the Japanese Embassy in the UK immediately came out to refute the rumors. Then, they fell into Yang Feng's trap, and he successfully turned the Japanese issue into a hot topic in Europe. Immediately after that, various parties began to debate, including those who were bought off by him and those who were bought off by the Japanese. In terms of technology or financial resources, Japan was not on the same level as him. In just a few days, the Japanese became notorious throughout Europe.
Not only that, but Yang also spent a whole day working hard, getting his eyes bloodshot, to revise the script of "Ah Q" for them. He then changed the title to "A Nanyang Sister's Blood and Tears" and handed it over to a Ming Pao reporter who was sent to Singapore to investigate the Nanyang Sisters issue. The reporter later published it in the People's Publishing House, writing as if he had been deeply moved by it. This book has been completely altered by Yang Feng, it is simply an indictment of the Japanese government with blood and tears.
"I really didn't expect that journalists could also be bought off" Yang Feng gave a lesson on controlling public opinion to these old fossils like Xue Fu Cheng. Especially after finding out that he had bribed journalists to exaggerate the miserable life in Japan, Old Xue's head was filled with emotions and said.
"Sir, please forgive me for speaking out of turn, but what happened to the cleverness you showed in court? The British are also human, and the things you played with in court can be played here too, it's just a matter of repackaging them according to their rules." Yang Feng said with disdain.
It's strange to say that he has always been weird. The officials of the Qing dynasty should be more suitable for playing this kind of hidden rule thing than anyone else. They can live completely in a world of hidden rules, and in the court struggle, what means will not be used? But why did they all become fools when they arrived in Europe? Wooden? Really think that this place is spotless, but the dirty degree here is not much different from that of the imperial court, it's just another set of rules. He decided to take some time to teach these people a lesson, and don't come out like a saint.
Xue Fu Cheng looked at him with a bad temper and said: "The kind of handgun you made has been sent back to the country, it is said that it is very popular among the military leaders, Zhong Tang asked to purchase two thousand more by telegram, and if there are good weapons in your place, they can also be purchased first. As for the price, let's talk about it."
Li Ergui naturally understood that Yang Feng had given him such a big gift. If he didn't return the favor, they wouldn't be able to play together in the future. Since this guy ran an arms factory, it was only natural to buy his military equipment.
"Of course, as for the price, just follow the local selling price. Later, I'll let Bofors send someone to open a foreign firm in China, and our business will all go through this firm. I'll give you and Li Zhongtang each a 10% share." Yang Feng said casually, since they were doing business with these compradors, these tricks naturally couldn't be left out.
"In addition, I have prepared a new type of weapon for production, which is not only pistols but also hand grenades, that is, hand-thrown bombs. However, the price is slightly higher because it uses gunpowder and picric acid, both of which are relatively dangerous and have smaller power, so I use more expensive materials inside."
There is also a new type of small cannon, with a range not as good as the field artillery and mountain artillery used by the army, but it is extremely light and has an extremely fast firing speed. It's estimated that while the field artillery can fire one shell, this thing can fire a whole bunch, and it can even shoot over mountains, like this." Yang Feng said, pulling out a silver dollar coin to demonstrate the high-arcing trajectory of a mortar shell.
Since Li Ergou couldn't bear to buy machine guns, we had no choice but to give him hand grenades and mortars instead. I'm sure he'll like these two weapons. If on the Tiger Mountain battlefield, the Japanese army's heads were suddenly hit by countless hand grenades while they were climbing up, it would definitely feel great.
Although this thing is not difficult to imitate in terms of technology, using nitrocellulose or picric acid as the explosive, the result would likely be no different from the homemade bombs used by those little brothers of Cannon, and in a field environment with some fire around, even if it's just hot weather, it might explode on its own. Unless they use it themselves, not to mention whether the Japanese can produce this thing, even if they could produce it at current prices, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to afford it.
As for howitzers, don't even get me started. Although they are simple, the quality requirements for steel materials are very high. We can let Bofors produce high-alloy steel or use our own steel directly, but the Japanese have no way to do these things. They even still have bronze in their army field artillery.
Xue Fu Cheng naturally agreed to this readily, as long as Yang Feng brought out the samples, and the military tried them out without any issues, even if the price was expensive they would still buy some.
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