radicalducati #579 - People only regret not having enough when they need it.
#579 - People only regret not having enough when they need it.
The commotion didn't subside with the passing of New Year's Day; instead, it intensified with time.
Unfortunately, Liang Yue wouldn't budge on the issue of acquiring land in the north.
Given the current strength of the National Government, defending the country was already a struggle; sending troops to the Russian front thousands of miles away was simply a pipe dream.
Just managing to hold Vladivostok and fend off the covetous gazes of the great powers was already pushing their limits.
Differing from the normal course of historical development, this time, due to Liang Yue's intervention...
After initiating war with Russia, a member of the Entente, without "negotiating" with other countries, and taking the opportunity to seize large tracts of land...
Under these circumstances, as long as the Republic of China government, and even other Entente members, weren't foolish, they would no longer treat China as an ally.
Of course, although the current Republic of China government has a somewhat lukewarm relationship with other Entente members, with occasional verbal clashes, it hasn't actually been formally kicked out of the Entente by the old powers like Britain and France.
Furthermore, at the upcoming famous conference to divide the spoils of war, the Republic of China government has even received an invitation from the participating parties, and China will still attend as a victorious nation…
The situation here is a bit complicated~
Subsequently, in preparation for this diplomatic conference, Yuan Datou directly brought several senior officials and diplomats from the Republic of China government to him to discuss the bottom lines and goals to strive for at the meeting.
Upon seeing these people, Liang Yue didn't waste any words. After a few brief pleasantries, he directly threw the land transfer agreement he had signed with the Tsar to everyone present.
In reality, the nature of this agreement was similar to the Twenty-One Demands that Yuan Datou had signed with the Japanese back then; it wasn't very reliable and was just a private agreement.
Moreover, no one would take such excessive terms seriously. When it came time to fulfill them, there would definitely be obstruction from various parties, using all sorts of excuses to avoid them.
It's just that now, the advantage seemed to be on the side of China. The two forces within Russia were still preoccupied with their own problems, and Liang Yue had a large amount of land in his hands.
During this period, the northern regime of Russia had also tried to send troops to attack.
But in the end, nearly 300,000 troops were wiped out, and they couldn't advance the battle line even a step.
Under these circumstances, even the most unreliable terms had to be treated seriously.
What's more, this agreement clearly had the seal of His Majesty the Tsar on it…
…
"…So, when you signed this agreement with the Tsar, you exchanged it for rescuing his family?"
"Yeah~"
"Then the nature of our occupation of such a large area in the north is no longer an invasion, but a legitimate retrieval of what belongs to us as compensation!"
"That's right! I didn't expect there to be such a turning point!"
"The reasoning is sufficient, the facts are clear, and~ legal and reasonable!"
"Tsk tsk~ Then we have to have a good talk with them when we go to the conference later~"
"All the territory east of the Ob River… That is to say, not only do we have a justified reason for occupying those territories, but Russia still owes us a lot of land!"
"Well… Now we have legitimacy. Even if they don't necessarily recognize this agreement at the time, we can still have something to say and a reason to argue!"
"We can't be polite to them then!"
"Actually, in the end, it's still a matter of strength."
"Alas~ It's all because we ordinary people are not up to par, dragging down the Daoist Priest's foresight!"
"We of this generation should~"
…
After dealing with these people, Liang Yue didn't become idle.
Although the Wonder Woman plotline has now ended.
The planned Mother Box and Green Lantern Ring have also been obtained by him, but Liang Yue is still temporarily unable to abandon many trivial matters and continue to study his cultivation techniques.
Because waiting for him next is a very important thing, that is the Daoist Exchange Conference!
As early as three years ago, that is, after the Sino-Japanese Ability Exchange Conference, two Zhang brothers from Mount Longhu left Liang Yue a jade token as a token of invitation during a visit.
And with this, he was invited to participate in the Daoist Exchange Conference to be held in three years, that is, soon, the location is on Mount Longhu.
Liang Yue has been looking forward to this for a long time.
So much so that he has deliberately delayed the progress and rate of his own creation of techniques.
The purpose is to absorb enough nutrition and advantages in the exchange with those genuine Daoist talents of this plane!
When necessary, Liang Yue will completely spare no expense to take out some real good things to exchange for the mysterious techniques in the hands of those many Daoist disciples!
This Daoist Exchange Conference is scheduled to be held in March, during which Liang Yue has plenty of time to prepare.
However, there are also a lot of things in the academy and mountain gate that need him to deal with.
Various course teaching, skill guidance, event hosting, and even the reception of some foreign personnel, although with his current status as the head teacher, he doesn't need to do everything himself.
But who told him that his sect has few people, and the foundation is not comparable to those long-standing sects.
Although there are many disciples in the mountain gate now, most of them are only five or six years old, about eleven or twelve years old, and it is obviously not appropriate to ask them to receive and host events.
Yuriko, Teacher Shizuka, Senior Saeko, and others are also busy with those disciples, and the teaching of martial arts and immortal arts alone has involved a large part of their energy.
In addition, Hinata and Arwen also have their own things to do.
Recently, Hinata seems to have found the inspiration to integrate spiritual power with her own chakra.
And Arwen, the elven princess, is facing the problem of breaking through the magic realm. Once successful, she will become a high-level magician…
"Speaking of dealing with various chores, those old people are quite suitable, but they are too old, their physical functions have long declined, and they have not practiced any famous techniques."
"Recently, it seems that they also want to lie down and spend their old age in the academy~"
"However, if you want to use these people, I'm afraid you have to give them some real motivation."