The arrival of Shi Dakai and Li Xiucheng made the big Buddha in North Manchurian from one to three. Originally, there was only one concubine who didn't give Guo Xing'a any good face and shouted every day that she wanted to die, but this time Guo Xing'a spent a lot of money to get two back.

But after all, talents are rare, although Shi Dakai and Li Xiucheng's attitudes are relatively bad, Guo Xing'a can only endure it patiently. Concubine Li is an iceberg beauty, her attitude is not good, and it does not affect the ornamentality, so these two old men are nothing to look at. So Guo Xing'a did not settle Shi Dakai and Li Xiucheng in Changchun, but sent them to Jilin to be placed under house arrest, Guo Xing'a is not a masochist, and he doesn't want someone to scold him in front of him every day.

After settling the two princes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Guo Xing'a still has a lot of things to do, and the first thing is to welcome Zhiyuan, who has returned with honor. Zhiyuan flickered in Nanyang for a few years and got back a large amount of money for Guoxing'a, which can be described as a lot of hard work. Moreover, while Zhiyuan fanned people to donate, it also created a good diplomatic environment for Guoxinga in Nanyang, not only the overseas Chinese under the Nanyang fence knew that there was a Guoda general in China, but also the only remaining Chinese country overseas, the Lanfang Republic, also had a very good impression of North Manchuria.

The Republic of Lanfang was the first republic in the history of Asia, and it was the first in the world to practice democratic politics eleven years before the republican system of the United States. Of course, in addition to the extremely high political talent of his father Luo Fangbo, the main reason is that the motherland is too powerful.

Luo Fangbo and the people who originally established the Lanfang Republic were all ordinary people of the Qing Dynasty, and they had to go to Nanyang because they were too poor in their hometown. Although he wandered overseas, he was still the people of the Qing Emperor, and the ancestral tombs and ancestral halls, as well as relatives, friends and family members were all in China. If they set themselves up as kings, for the Qing Emperor, it would still be a rebellion, and the Qing Emperor would be able to do it, and he would even send troops to the sea to carry out expeditions, so Luo Fangbo and they did not dare to establish themselves as kings. In fact, after Luo Fangbo established Lanfang State, he did not dare to call it a country in the Chinese circle, and could only be called Lanfang Company, or the general manager of Lanfang, mainly because he was afraid of being denounced and his ancestral grave was dug up by His Majesty the Emperor. Later, the Republic of Lan Phong also sent an envoy back to China, met with the emperor, and asked to be called a vassal state, hoping to incorporate the land of West Borneo into the territory of the Qing Dynasty, or become a vassal state. However, the Qing Emperor did not accept it at all, and the imperial court was unwilling to pay attention to these Celestial Dynasty outcasts, or at all could not tolerate some untouchables building countries overseas.

In addition to the threat of the motherland's court, Luo Fangbo also faced some internal problems. Luo Fangbo is also a common man in China, without any special identity. After arriving overseas, because of his outstanding talents, he was elected as the leader by everyone and led many overseas Chinese to seek common interests. Later, because the Chinese were too powerful, there were tens of thousands, and the local indigenous people also attached hundreds of thousands, and they helped the king of mud to quell the rebellion. The establishment of Lan Fangguo is mainly due to the strong strength of the Chinese community. Luo Fangbo is a representative of the Chinese forces, elected by the Chinese, and does not have an absolute advantage in the Chinese circle except for his personal ability. In other words, everyone can elect him together, and they can also abolish him together. Therefore, Luo Fangbo dared to claim the title of king to the indigenous people, but he did not dare to claim the title of king in front of the Chinese.

The two reasons are superimposed, and the Republic of Lanfang has become the first Chinese democratic republic in the world. However, because it started as a grass platform, the Republic of Lanfang has been oscillating between the company and the country, and several presidents have been presidents while doing business, and the general office of the highest authority is often in a state of no one. The president is doing business in his own shop while studying national politics, which can be regarded as a scene of the Republic of Lanfang.

Liu Asheng, the current president of the Lanfang Republic, has a particularly good impression of North Manchuria, firstly because Zhiyuan is in place, and secondly, because there are finally people from the motherland who are willing to recognize them, and they are no longer unclaimed abandoned babies. Moreover, the penetration of the Dutch into Borneo is becoming more and more serious, and the Republic of Lanfang, which has been oscillating between the company and the state, although it has also developed some industrial technology of its own, is mainly based on mining, and is not an opponent of the Dutch at all. The poll tax and other rights all fell into the hands of the Dutch, and the Dutch were not satisfied, and often kidnapped the high-ranking officials of the Lanfang Republic, or instigated conflicts between the local natives and the Han Chinese.

Liu Asheng climbed to the position of president of the Lanfang Republic by being a traitor and a lackey of the Dutch, and has always fallen to the Dutch, and sometimes even betrayed the interests of the Lanfang Republic. In the fourth year of Xianfeng, when the Chinese national coalition forces in Borneo fought against the Dutch, Liu Asheng also sided with the Dutch. However, when Liu Asan helped the Dutch to destroy the country established by his compatriots, the feeling of death came up, the Dutch were not strong enough to swallow the elephant, and Liu Asheng also wanted to protect himself. Zhiyuan, who appeared at this time, suddenly found a backer for Liu Asheng. Although the Qing Dynasty was also tossed enough by Britain and France, but the emaciated camel was bigger than a horse, if the Qing Empire or just a feudal official of the empire was willing to pull him Liu Asheng, he would be alive again. Therefore, Liu Asheng warmly received Zhiyuan, and generously dedicated the special gold of the Lanfang Republic. Originally, Liu Asheng was too a traitor, so his popularity in China was not good, but supporting the motherland brought back his image. The tens of thousands of remaining Chinese in the Lanfang Republic have donated generously, making Liu Asheng very face-saving in front of Zhiyuan.

The news about the Republic of Lanfang brought back by Zhiyuan gave Guoxinga a very important reminder that the colonial era is not over yet, and there are still large areas of open space on the world map. Goxinga's super five-year plan has not yet ended, and for the time being, it cannot afford to provoke Lao Maozi, and the navy has nothing serious to do except protect merchant ships to send arms to the United States, so it is better to go out and engage in colonization. And with this half-dead Lanfang Republic, Guo Xing'a can justifiably go to the South Seas to test the water, big guys like Britain and France, Guo Xing'a can't afford to provoke it at the moment, and children like the Netherlands and Spain can try it. If he wins, he will be able to obtain important resources such as rubber and oil in the South Seas, and if he can't win, he will just destroy a small foreign country with a chaotic system, and Guoxinga will not suffer any loss.

After more than a month, the government and navy of Goxinga and North Manchu were all busy, and Goxinga began to look for colonial blank spots in his memory on the world map, and the Manchurian government began to test the attitude of Britain and France to the southward expansion of North Manchuria. The navy is much simpler, just preparing for war. The Marine Corps was expanded to two brigades, and the fleet was significantly restructured. The First Rapid Reaction Fleet was renamed the North Sea Fleet, and the number of main battleships was increased to five, but a large number of destroyers were transferred to the Bohai Fleet. The battleships of the Bohai Fleet were changed from nine to seven, but a large number of cruisers and destroyers were replenished, forming a huge fleet with a total of 36 ships and a displacement of nearly 100,000 tons. The naval commander Bo Dun, who was in charge of this change, had only one leading idea, that is, to weaken the Northern Fleet as much as possible under the condition of not being too conspicuous, so that Bian Changdi, a bastard, could never be embarrassed in front of him in the future.

Because North Manchuria was openly self-governing and had achieved remarkable development results, Britain and France and other first-class powers set up consulates in Changchun. Moreover, because Zou Degui, the secretary of state of North Manchuria, was far more reliable than the bureaucrats of the prime minister's national affairs yamen, all the consuls in Changchun were on the same level as the ministers in Beijing. Of course, there is another one, and that is the United States. Both the federal government and the Confederate government set up legations in Changchun, and the status of the minister in Changchun was higher than that of the minister in Beijing, and the federal minister Pu Anchen simply moved from Beijing. Therefore, it was very convenient for Pi Runmin, the prime minister of North Manchuria, to personally come forward to discuss the issue of southward expansion with the consuls and ministers of various countries.

The attitude of the British was very good, and they were fully in favor of North Manchuria joining the colonial club, but there was a premise that Manchuria could not be visited where there were British. Manchuria and Britain, which had relatively close relations, soon reached an agreement and signed a treaty of friendship and development, the principle of which was non-aggression and first-come, first-served. The French are not as good at talking as the British, and their attitude is not to take a stand, you Manchurians do whatever you like, but if you provoke me, you will go to war. The attitude of the United States has become polarized, and the federal government is resolutely opposed, and at the same time demands that North Manchuria immediately stop sending arms to the United States. The Confederate government strongly supported it, but demanded that the government of North Manchuria increase its arms delivery, preferably by sending troops directly into the war. The two sides were fighting lively, that is, they just expressed it verbally, and it had no practical effect, so the North Manchurian government directly ignored their opinions.

The attitude of the Russian consul, who had the worst relations with North Manchuria, was somewhat strange, and the Russian consul Malevich was very supportive of the southward advance of the North Manchurian government, and almost encouraged the North Manchurian government to compete with the British for Australia. Looking at the rapid development of North Manchuria, Russia is under great pressure in the Far East, the railways in North Manchuria have been built to Aihui and Fuyuan, but Boli and even Irkutsk are still only open to carriages, and if Guoxing Aruo goes north to recover his homeland, how can the Russians bear it. Therefore, Lao Maozi desperately hoped that the Manchurian Army would go south, and it would be better to be stuck in Nanyang because of the colonial conflict with a big country like Britain and France.

None of the countries had valid opinions, and Goxinga became emboldened. Nanyang is a treasure land, and the overseas Chinese in Nanyang are the investors of the construction of North Manchuria, and Guoxinga has a great obligation to let investors see the return on investment. However, before sending troops, Guo Xing'a still had one more thing to do, that is, to change the name of the army, and Guo Xing'a spent a lot of effort to build the Northeast Army, and no one recognized it at all. Whether it is outsiders or their own people, they are accustomed to calling Guoxing's territory Manchuria, and calling Guoxing's army Manchurian Army, and it is not interesting for Guoxing'a to carry it himself. Therefore, Guo Xing'a decided to follow the trend and changed the name of the Chinese Qing Empire's Manchurian Northeast Regional Defense Army to the Chinese Qing Empire's Manchurian Defense Army, referred to as the Manchurian Army. After all, the Northeast Army is the name of later generations, and Zhang Xueliang's era was still called Fengjun.

The name has also been changed, the Bohai Fleet and transport and supply ships have also been prepared, and the North Manchuria Navy has embarked on a journey, ready to go to the South Seas to do a big job. But no one thought that things in Nanyang were completely different from what they imagined.