Respectfully

The farce that happened outside the Marshal's Mansion can only be regarded as a small episode at the ball.For Li Jinyan, the next discussion with the British is the highlight.

But before that, as masters, Lou Shaoshuai and Li Jinyan had to dance the first dance.

When Marshal Lou took him to the center of the hall, Li Jinyan had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Young Marshal, I don't know how to dance this."

"It's okay." A strong arm supported Li Jinyan's waist, and a low voice rang in his ear: "Follow me."

The waltz of the two men seemed a bit ridiculous to Li Jinyan.However, when Marshal Lou took his hand, twirling in Strauss' waltz, caressing his back with his big hand, and staring at him with dark eyes, Li Jinyan's brain suddenly went blank. Men, too, can be so charming.

At the end of the music, Li Jinyan suddenly returned to reality. He must have lost his head, otherwise he would not find Marshal Lou's lips very attractive, and would not want to tear off his military uniform. It was an illusion!It's all an illusion!

"how?"

The deep voice hit the eardrums, and Li Jinyan subconsciously covered his ears. Fortunately, someone came to talk to Lou Shaoshuai. After Lou Xiao turned and left, Li Jinyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

More and more people walked into the dance floor. After Li Jinyan calmed down, he finally remembered what he was going to do tonight, and walked towards the British Minister Zhu Erdian who was sitting on the sofa with a glass of wine.

"Your Excellency, Minister," Li Jinyan walked to the sofa with a smile, "Do you mind if I sit down?"

"No, please sit down." Zhu Erdian said, "This is a wonderful night."

Li Jinyan observed Zhu Erdian carefully, and after a few pleasantries, he tentatively said, "Minister, I wonder if your country is interested in selling a batch of industrial equipment?"

"You mean?"

"A complete set of iron ore mining equipment, two iron-making blast furnaces, and a shipyard, mainly used to build freighters. Moreover, this is only the first order."

"The first sum?"

"Yes." Li Jinyan realized that the fish had finally started to take the bait, and he was confident, "To purchase these equipment, it is conservatively estimated that it will cost 1000 million oceans."

"As far as I know, you already have a cooperative relationship with Germany?"

Li Jinyan was momentarily surprised by Zhu Erdian's well-informed information, but Li Jinyan was relieved when he thought of the large number of machines and accompanying Germans that had been transported from Qingdao to the six northern provinces not long ago. Such a big move will definitely attract the attention of interested people. If you search, you will always find some clues.Now that the British knew about it, Li Jinyan didn't intend to hide it anymore.

"We do have cooperation with the Germans. However, I believe you have heard a saying that eggs should not be put in the same basket." Li Jinyan said with a smile: "The German machines are very good, but if there is a chance, I want to work with the most powerful country in the world."

Li Jinyan's undisguised compliment brought a smile to Zhu Erdian's face.

However, Zhu Erdian will not be easily moved by Li Jinyan's few words. After all, Li Jinyan is not the actual ruler of the six northern provinces, and what is he going to use to pay for such a large order?

"What do you think of Japan's war indemnity?" Li Jinyan simply added fuel to the fire, "You also know that money is meaningless if it is not spent."

"As far as I know, the Japanese haven't given a penny yet." Zhu Erdian said here, paused, and made some meaningful jokes, "Of course, if they don't plan to go back to the temporarily taken over bank, You can always insist on not paying."

Li Jinyan understood the subtext of Zhu Erdian's joke, shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, please rest assured that the takeover action by the army of the six northern provinces is only aimed at the Bank of Japan. It is only natural to repay debts. It is not a good habit to default."

"Indeed." Zhu Erdian nodded.

When it came to Zhu Erdian's ultimatum to the Japanese, Li Jinyan finally dropped another bombshell tonight.

"Minister, isn't this the payment for the purchase of machinery and equipment?"

Zhu Erdian was stunned for a moment, and the way he looked at Li Jinyan couldn't help but change.

Next, Li Jinyan began to spare no effort to persuade Zhu Erdian to use the Japanese Gengzi indemnity to buy British machines for China, which can be described as a win-win situation for China and the United Kingdom.The six northern provinces don’t have to worry about not getting war indemnity, and Britain no longer has to worry about the bank turmoil affecting itself.And, more importantly, both sides are considered to be "famous teachers".

"What do you think?"

"With all due respect, can you decide on this matter?"

"I'm just making a suggestion to you. If you think it's feasible, why don't you discuss it with someone who can make the final decision?"

Li Jinyan believes that Zhu Erdian has already been tempted. As long as the British can nod, Japan will never be able to make too much trouble.

The idea of ​​detaining the boxer indemnity from the Japanese and handing it over to the six northern provinces sounds good, but there are too many variables in the middle.After all, the United Kingdom and Japan are in an alliance, and it is difficult to guarantee whether the British will change their minds midway.It's better to use this money to buy British machines. As long as it involves their own interests, no one will be stupid enough to push the money out.

Is it better to withhold the money to others or to withhold the money and put it in your own pocket?

The machinery and equipment that Li Jinyan plans to buy from the UK basically does not involve the manufacture of weapons, and the British have no reason to refuse.If this order can be successful, it can also remind the Germans that the choice of the six northern provinces is not only Germany.If you want the "honeymoon period" of both parties to last, you have to work harder.

After thinking about it for a few minutes, Zhu Erdian told Li Jinyan that he needed to take a break.

"The study on the second floor is a good place to rest." Li Jinyan asked someone to lead the way for Zhu Erdian, walked to the side of Young Marshal Lou, and whispered something in his ear.

"Okay." Young Marshal Lou nodded, and said to the French envoy beside him, "Excuse me."

Li Jinyan said to the puzzled French envoy: "The young commander-in-chief is busy. In fact, I wanted to talk to you a long time ago about Paris, the capital of fashion..."

Yijiyuan and Yada gloomily stared at Li Jinyan who was chatting and laughing happily with others. Li Jinyan noticed their gazes and raised his glass to them in a good mood.This action made the faces of the two even uglier.

"Yada-kun," Ijuin lowered his voice: "Contact Kawashita-kun, and send away all the insiders of this plan."

"Yes!"

At this ball, Sima Jun and Song Zhou did not show up, but they sent generous gifts by coincidence. They probably guessed that the Lou family's move would not be easy, and they didn't want to take this troubled water.

The next day, newspapers of all sizes in Guanbei City published news about young students making trouble in front of the Marshal's Mansion. Most people thought that these students were too radical and acted recklessly. Although there were sympathetic remarks, there were more voices of condemnation .

The shelter founded by Li Jinyan became famous because of this accident. Some gentry in Guanbei City learned that all the expenses of the shelter were paid by Li Jinyan, and they donated generously.Li Jinyan did not take their money in vain, and wrote down the names and donation amounts of all the donors one by one, and published them on the front pages of major newspapers in Guanbei City for several days in a row. Suddenly, the good reputation of these people spread almost all over the six northern provinces.

Li Jinyan handed over these donations to special personnel for management, and the whereabouts of each expenditure must be clear, and there must be no tricks.Even though these people have their own purposes in taking out the money, Li Jinyan does not want to see the money being misappropriated at will or falling into private pockets.

He started this shelter just as a temporary idea, but the development of things forced him to continue to run this shelter, and to scale it up and institutionalize it.

"Put these newspapers on the wall." Li Jinyan handed several newspapers to the person in charge of the shelter, "Also, contact the principals of Guanbei Middle School and Northern University, and arrange for the students in the school to go to the shelter. Visit and see what is going on in the shelter and who is helping these people. Locked in an ivory tower, you only think that you are right in everything, and you do things only on your own will without considering the consequences. You can save the country and the people with just one mouth? It's a joke!"

Thinking of Zhang Jiancheng and others who made trouble in front of the Marshal's Mansion, Li Jinyan felt a fire in his heart.

If he hadn't got the news in advance, if Xiao Youde and Dumb Uncle hadn't been able to do things well, it would be Li Jinyan who was scolded by everyone and couldn't turn over now, right?Fortunately, he thought Zhang Jiancheng was a good person before, so his eyes must have been blurred.

After Zhang Jiancheng, Lu Yin and others left the Marshal's Mansion, they were taken into the interrogation room of the Intelligence Bureau.Xiao Youde interrogated them all night, and asked them a lot of interesting things.

"As expected, it's Japanese again." Xiao Youde looked at the recorded statement, and when he turned to Zhang Jiancheng's page, his face changed, "Why are Russians involved?"

"I'm still not sure if it's Russian or not." The leopard in charge of the interrogation said, "It's just that according to Zhang Jiancheng, it was the Russian teacher from the university who told them about the asylum. Chinese people."

"Interesting." Xiao Youde squeezed his fingers, "The Japanese are not resting, and the old man is also ready to move. It seems that we have a lot to do. Keep this matter secret for the time being, and I will report it to Master Yan. Let's see. Say what he wants."

"Yes." Leopard replied, and then asked: "Then what about these students? The brothers at the police station said that their family members are already looking everywhere."

"The three who were not deeply involved were released. Before releasing them, we tried to convince him that they were captured by the Japanese."

"Mr. Xiao, isn't this embarrassing the brothers?"

"What's the matter? Kawaguchi Rei is a big living person standing there. I'll tell you what to do?"

"Yes." Leopard didn't dare to refute anymore, "Then there are two left?"

"Zhang Jiancheng can't be released yet. I have other plans for him. As for that Lu Yin," Xiao Youde narrowed his eyes, "send her to a prison outside the city."

"Where are you going?"

Leopard clicked his tongue, the prison outside Guanbei City was the place where Wang Dianru was imprisoned at the beginning, and anyone who entered there, unless he was granted extrajudicial favor like Meng Erhu, almost no one could come out again.Either death or madness, there is no third way.

"Death is too pleasant for her." Xiao Youde said with a sneer, "She deserves to live and suffer."

Hearing Xiao Youde's words, Leopard and the others felt chills on their backs. Sure enough, they were looking for death even if they were gods, and they couldn't be saved.