In this day and age, if a warship wants to enter another country's port, it must be negotiated in advance, and generally it is an invitation from the host country.

Li Shaoyi's trip to the south this time was clearly to support the local Chinese and overseas Chinese. This was not a good thing for the Windmill Country, so these people were not feeling comfortable. How could they possibly invite you?

This requires diplomatic efforts. If there is no invitation letter from the country where you are located, when your fleet arrives at the other country's outer sea, the battle alert will probably be sounded. Therefore, the Jinling Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the local Chinese and overseas Chinese, worked hard for nearly half a month before they finally got the invitation letter.

"There are too many restrictions here. Why do I feel like going there will be no different from being in prison?"

When Li Sibei saw the requirements on the back of the invitation letter, she immediately felt uncomfortable.

Li Shaoyi also frowned at these terms. Everyone knew that the locals were reluctant to invite us, but since we had agreed, there was no need to restrict them so strictly. We were going to visit, not to go to prison.

Take the second one for example. After arriving at the local area, all people can disembark and carry out activities, but they are not allowed to leave the port.

All purchases must be entrusted to port staff in the form of documents, and then the port staff will purchase on your behalf.

As for meetings with local Chinese and overseas Chinese, all were conducted in the port conference room, and no one, including Li Shaoyi, was allowed to meet with local Chinese and overseas Chinese privately.

The meeting list has been made for you, and you only have three days. You have to leave their port after three days. As for where you go, they don't care.

"Let's not be picky. Being allowed in is already a diplomatic victory. Although Windmill Country is a small country, it has never taken us seriously, not to mention that we represent a local warlord instead of the central government. Besides, our intention to go to Southeast Asia is obvious to everyone. They even let us in for three days. The local overseas Chinese paid a heavy price."

Li Qiankun said with a wry smile that he was also following up on diplomatic affairs, so he knew more about some of the details. The people under Chairman Chen, almost all in Southeast Asia, spent a lot of money like a boy giving away money, to buy this invitation letter. Of course, various restrictions were inevitable. After all, the two countries were in a hostile state on certain issues.

In addition, the strength of the Windmill Kingdom has weakened, and they are simply unable to resist.

If it weren't for the high price offered by overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and a few words from the consuls of Western countries, it would have been impossible to get this invitation letter. If Li Shaoyi wanted to visit Southeast Asia, he could only visit some ports in the United States and Britain.

Western countries showed a very welcoming attitude towards Li Shaoyi's visit. After all, Li Shaoyi was a fighter for democracy in the newspapers of Western countries.

If Li Shaoyi's fleet couldn't even enter their ports, wouldn't the previous propaganda be a slap in the face? So when Li Shaoyi wanted to visit the ports of the Southeast Asian colonies, these people immediately gave the green light.

"Who from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will accompany us this time?"

A few days ago, when Li Shaoyi went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he asked about this issue, but the candidate had not been decided yet. Now that the day is almost here, it should have been decided.

"Deputy Minister Zheng Huaiyuan."

When Li Sibei mentioned this person, Li Shaoyi's face was full of confusion. He didn't have much contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He either went there to slap someone in the face or to ask someone to do things for him. In Li Shaoyi's eyes, among the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, only Minister Gu and a few of his subordinates were doing real work, and all the others were people who had lost power and humiliated the country.

"This person was recently transferred here. He was originally an ambassador and has been working in Europe. He has good relations with various countries. This time, the Nationalist government wants to establish a positive image in Southeast Asia through our visit, so they are sending a deputy minister to accompany us."

Li Sibei felt that the Nationalist government was taking advantage of this behavior, but Li Shaoyi thought it was normal. We must go there under the name of the same country, and you can't let their deputy minister not get on board.

"Report……"

Just as a few people were talking, the communicator brought over a telegram from the north.

The 29th Army and the 25th Division finally clashed in Langfang.

This was actually expected, but when he received the telegram, Li Shaoyi still felt a little uncomfortable. Seeing our own people clashing on our own territory was a blasphemy to the War of Resistance.

But then again, it's not us who caused the conflict. It's just that these people don't understand the situation and want to take advantage of others. Now all we can do is muddy the waters for you.

The 29th Army occupied 20 of the 22 county towns in eastern Hebei, and now there are only two county towns left. However, it seems that the 29th Army wants to take all 22 county towns into its own hands, so it continues to advance towards the area occupied by the Central Army.

The Central Army had nowhere to retreat in North China. We only occupied two county towns. We wanted to make a breakthrough here, but we didn't expect that even the breakthrough would not be allowed. The two sides clashed outside Langfang City. Hundreds of people wrestled together. Fortunately, no guns were used, and everyone was injured.

However, this situation has already attracted everyone's attention. If this conflict cannot be resolved, the use of weapons is only a matter of time. The Japanese who are watching this fun will also take action. They have been suppressed by Zhao Tiezhu for so long. If they don't come out to make trouble, they will not be Japanese.

"I think the Central Army can no longer stay here, unless they want to start a full-scale civil war. I wonder what the Ministry of Military Affairs is thinking."

Li Qiankun looked at the telegram and said that he knew a lot about the Central Army. After all, he also came from there. The Central Army has been infiltrating various places in recent years, but it cannot engage in head-on conflict. Once a real war breaks out, the most feared thing is that the warlords in various places will unite as one, and then the Central Army will be unable to move forward.

Although the Nationalist government’s decrees can now reach the entire country, their execution is not the same.

Take North China for example, having half is already pretty good, especially when it comes to territory...

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