After entering the consulate, Oda Kiri's attitude was still very affectionate, and immediately instructed the consulate kitchen to prepare wine and food, and to have a few drinks with Li Sanjie, obviously deep understanding of Chinese dinner table culture, and then said to Li Sanjie: "I don't know if Mr. Li has ever eaten Japanese food, if I am not used to it, I can let the kitchen cook Chinese food." Eight and one Chinese ??? .?8 (viii)"

Li Sanjie said with a smile: "Let's follow the local customs, I want to eat Japanese sushi, and Mr. Consul doesn't know if he can fulfill my wishes." In fact, Li Sanjie doesn't care about what he eats, he has eaten sushi a few times in the old time and space, but he is all fresh, and he thinks the taste is just like that, but he wants to eat the other party's hometown dishes by name, this is a way to win the favor of the other party, after all, this time he is here to talk about cooperation with the devil.

Sure enough, Oda Kiri was a little surprised at first, but he had a good impression of Li Sanjie in his heart, and said with a smile: "Please rest assured, Mr. Li, we have the best sushi chef in Japan, so we will not disappoint Mr. Li, please." ”

In the corner of the room, there were two Japanese geisha wearing kimonos, one of whom was still holding a pipa, and when he saw the two people coming in, he immediately knelt on the ground and saluted the two.

It turned out that before Li Sanjie arrived, Huo Bilan had indeed sent a telegram to the Japanese consulate, saying only that the overseas Chinese hoped to join forces with Japan to fight against Russia's southward advance, and hoped that Oda Che could negotiate with the representatives of the overseas Chinese. Needless to say, Oda Kiriri understood what was going on, and his heart was immediately ecstatic, because the Russian army decided to go south, although it did not directly use troops on the Korean Peninsula, but it still caused great pressure on Japan, because once the Russian army captured Beijing, it might force Britain to make concessions to Russia and allow Russia to expand on the Korean Peninsula. And without the support of Britain, Japan really would not dare to fight Russia, after all, the current Russia is still a behemoth, and Japan does not dare to be easily provoked. Moreover, the British consul's message to Japan showed that the British had no intention of making concessions to Russia, and that they had also found a capable ally for Japan, so it was great news.

Immediately after the two of them were seated, two young maids in kimonos brought Japanese food and sake, put the dishes on the small table, and poured good wine for the two of them, but did not leave, but knelt down and waited.

Because he was by his side, between the actions of the girls, Li Sanjie also smelled a new fragrance, and his heart couldn't help but wave, and he couldn't help but have some thoughts in his mind.

At the time of crossing, Li Sanjie had just turned 4o years old, which was not too big, and when he was young, it was the era when Mr. Cang was popular in the online world, Li Sanjie naturally could not get rid of the customs, in his computer, there are still several art films starring Mr. Cang, two of which are the type of kimono temptation.

After crossing into this era, Li Sanjie was also full of expectations for the better life of this era, and even once gave birth to "Mt. Fuji raised the Han flag, and drunk concubines under the cherry blossom trees" But Li Sanjie is middle-aged after all, and in the old time and space, and has been doing things in the system for a long time, so he quickly adjusted his mentality, gave up these unrealistic illusions, and devoted himself to the new work of this era.

But at this time, at least some of the previous illusions seem to be in front of you, within reach. But just now I saw the two maids waiting, the posture was mediocre, and the kimono was tight, not even the neck was exposed, there was no trace of the kimono temptation of Mr. Cang, but they were probably just ingredients, and the two geisha kneeling in the corner of the room seemed to be the main course, although the two faces were facing the ground, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, but the pink necks were exposed, which was obviously much more open than the two maids, maybe they would really stage a good show of kimono temptation after a while.

Just when Li Sanjie was thinking nonsense, Oda Cheji raised his wine glass to Li Sanjie and said, "Mr. Li, come and repay our Japanese sake." ”

Li Sanjie nodded, raised his wine glass, dried it for a while, and then drank it all, and then ate another kelp rice ball, at this time Xiao Tian Kiri slapped his hands lightly, and saw the two geisha kneeling in the corner of the house straighten up like this, and finally revealed their true colors of Lushan. But at first glance, he was almost so frightened that Li Sanjie spit out the wine he drank.

It turned out that the faces of the two geisha were white with some kind of powder, but the corners of their eyes and lips were stained bright red like blood, and at first glance they looked like zombies. In fact, this kind of painting is the traditional makeup of Japanese geisha, and it is not intended to scare Li Sanjie, because in the past, there were no electric lights, they were all candles, and only by wearing such makeup to perform at night can people look more beautiful, but unfortunately there are electric lights in this era.

Later, a geisha picks up a pipa and plays it "Zheng Zheng Zheng", while another geisha gets up and holds a folding fan and dances while singing Japanese songs. However, the performance of the geisha will also completely break the last illusion of Li Sanjie, the string rate of the music is strange, although the sound is good, but the singing tone is subdued and frustrated, but how to listen to it feels strange, and the drama is a little similar, and the dance posture is in the middle of the rules, but the rhythm and movement are slow, and the dancing geisha is mediocre, so it really can't attract Li Sanjie's Xingyue, I didn't expect that Mr. Cang's predecessors would have such a big gap.

However, when he peeked at Xiao Tian Che, he saw that his eyes were slightly closed, and his fingers tapped on the small table with the rhythm of the music, and he looked drunk, so Li Sanjie had to make a look of listening attentively.

In fact, in Japan, geisha is not a prostitute, but a kind of woman engaged in performing arts, although some geisha will have physical communication with guests, but mainly rely on personal talent shows to survive, a few well-known geisha will also have a high reputation, Japan's Meiji Restoration bigwigs have many wives who are geisha, such as one of the three masters of the Restoration, Kido Takayoshi's wife Matsuko, and Ito Hirobumi's wife Umeko, and this is quite similar to China.

Finally waiting for the song to end, Li Sanjie coughed lightly, Xiao Tian was used to seeing his eyes, and when he saw Li Sanjie's expression, he knew that he was going to talk about business. However, he admired Li Sanjie's determination, it turned out that these two geisha were not staff of the consulate, and a hotel in Shanghai in Japan specially invited artists from Japan, they are also well-known geisha in Japan, and they are both beautiful and artistic, and if the consulate banquets important guests, they will be invited to attend the performance.

Previously, Oda Kiri invited Qing officials to banquet several times, and invited the two to attend the performance, and many guests were fascinated by the color art of the two, and even many people expressed to Oda Kiri that they hoped to have more in-depth exchanges with the two geisha. Of course, there are a few people who are not moved by women, but throughout the performance, they all have a straight face, do not squint, and do not eat a lot of oil and salt.

And Li Sanjie faced the performance of these two geisha, but he looked calm, acted naturally, and seemed to be unaffected, obviously used to seeing big scenes, such people have never been seen among the officials of the Qing Dynasty, but I don't know what kind of beauty Li Sanjie has not seen in the old time and space, what kind of song and dance, how can he be affected by the performance of these two women who make up like zombies!

So Oda Kiri waved his hand, and after the geisha gave a salute to the two, they retreated, and after the two waitmaids poured a glass of wine for the two, they also withdrew from the Japanese room, and Oda Kiri looked at Li Sanjie and waited for him to speak.

Li Sanjie said: "Consul Oda, I'll be blunt, you should already know the news of Russia's decision to send troops south." ”

Oda Kiri nodded and said, "Of course I know." ”

Li Sanjie said: "Then what does Mr. Consul think of this Russian invasion. ”

Oda Che said: "We are very angry at Russia's barbaric aggression against the Qing country, but we are very appreciative of your loyal and righteous behavior, the hope of the Qing country should lie in you, and as a friendly neighbor of the Qing country in Asia, we are also very willing to provide you with the necessary help to resist the aggression of the Russian army." ”

Li Sanjie said: "Mr. Consul, I would like to slightly correct what you just said, Japan is not helping us resist the Russian army, but defending its own national interests. ”

Oda Kiri showed a look of surprise on his face and said, "Mr. Li, I don't understand what you mean, now all the land that Russia has invaded is the land of the Qing State, and it has not invaded the territory of Japan, so we Japan have no need to defend our national interests." ”

Li Sanjie scolded in his heart, Xiao Japan is really cunning, obviously it is easy to take advantage of it, but he still has to make a big loss, it seems that he wants to take the opportunity to open his mouth, slaughter the traverser ruthlessly, and cut a large piece of meat, but of course he will not let them get his wish, so he said: " Mr. Consul, we are both politicians, and now we are only private talks, and we all know each other's situation, so there is no need to play this kind of trick around the bush, or to try to get away with it, Russia's invasion and occupation of China's three northeastern provinces has indeed posed a huge threat to China, but the pressure on Japan is probably not less than that of China, so in the matter of confronting Russia, we have the same interests as Japan, and we cannot talk about who helps whom. ”

Oda Kiri's face changed a few times, and he was thinking about how to quibble a few more words, but unfortunately Li Sanjie didn't give him a chance, and then said: "If Mr. Consul still wants to deny or quibble, and thinks that he can use this to ask us to make some concessions to the company, then I don't think there is any need for us to talk about it anymore, I will leave immediately, and we will fight Russia alone, and we will not negotiate any cooperation with Japan in the future." ”