Although Yuan Shikai's heart was a little unhappy, after all, this was something that had been determined in the Qingdao secret agreement, and overseas Chinese did this, and it could not be said that they were wrong, at most, they did it without saying hello to the Qing court, so they didn't mention it much.

The two sides immediately started talks, as a matter of fact, the principle of the partition of Tianjin had already been determined in the secret treaty on the island, and now the two sides are only discussing some details, mainly in three aspects, one is how to control the borders, regions, and law enforcement management of the two sides, the second is how to manage the Qing court's transportation and official transportation, and the third is the connection between the Kaiping Coal Mine and the Tianjin New Area, which is controlled by the traverser.

Now that the border line and the area under control of Tianjin by the two sides have been determined in the secret agreement on the island, there is nothing to dispute, but how to control the border requires further consultation on the details, first of all, the control of the border line, whether it is necessary to build a border wall and send soldiers to guard it, so that it is like a national border; second, the personnel were all Tianjin people in the past, but now Tianjin is actually divided into two parts, how to count the local personnel, whether they are allowed to circulate on their own, and how to calculate the foreigners, whether they are allowed to circulate freely; and finally, how to deal with their respective law enforcement, which is to be handled by their own cross-regional law enforcement。

Li Songchen had already considered this, so he put forward his own viewpoint: First, a road should be built along the border line negotiated by the two sides to determine the scope of their respective control areas, but there was no need to send soldiers to guard them, and they only needed to send people to patrol them regularly; second, whether they were local or non-local personnel, they could circulate freely without restrictions; and finally, their respective soldiers and policemen should only operate and enforce the law in their own control areas, and if accidents occurred, they would be dealt with according to the place where they occurred, that is, what happened in the old city would be handled by the Qing court. In addition, Li Songchen also suggested that a law enforcement office should be built on the border between the two sides, which should be jointly managed by law enforcement personnel from both sides, and that incidents should be directly communicated and negotiated.

Yuan Shikai carefully read Li Songchen's suggestion, and generally agreed, but also put forward some different opinions of his own, building a road along the border line to distinguish it, Yuan Shikai agreed, but asked to build a low wall at the wall of the original old city to prevent thieves, and to ensure that the wall height would not exceed one zhang.

After Li Songchen considered it, he also agreed with the Qing court to build a low wall outside the confines of the old city, but demanded that it should not be a brick wall, but an iron grid wall, with a spacing of no less than half a foot, that is, 15 centimeters, and a single layer. This was also to prevent the Qing court from using the low wall as a cover, after all, the one-zhang high brick wall was still a good bunker in war, and the iron grille wall could not be used as a bunker. Yuan Shikai also knew what overseas Chinese were worried about, but it was a good result to be able to get this step, so he didn't bother with it anymore.

Yuan Shikai has no objection to the free circulation of personnel, but he believes that residents in Tianjin should be registered and registered when they move across regions, and a time frame should be stipulated. The same is true for outsiders. Li Songchen thought about it for a while and felt that it was acceptable to do so, so he didn't object again.

The last two items, Yuan Shikai basically did not make any changes and additions, and accepted them, so the two sides formally signed the Tianjin Public Security Management Agreement, which served as the management basis for the future partition of Tianjin.

Li Songchen put forward two plans for the Qing court's transportation of materials and official transportation: First, the customs and transit fees for the Qing court's transportation and official transportation could be exempted, but if the existing ports, wharves, railways, warehouses, and other facilities in the Tianjin New Area were used, the Qing court would need to pay the corresponding fees, and the materials, quantities, and specifications to be transported must be notified to the Tianjin New Area 10 days in advance, so that the corresponding transportation or storage arrangements could be made here; and second, the Qing court would build ports, wharves, railways, and railways in the Tianjin New Area on its own. Warehouses and other settings, special use, and their own personnel to manage, the corresponding management, operation, maintenance costs at their own expense, but also to pay the cost of ground rent, Tianjin New Area will not interfere, but also exempt from customs, transit fees.

In addition, whether it is the use of the facilities of the Tianjin New Area or the construction and management of the Qing court itself, the Tianjin New Area needs to carry out a strict inventory of the goods transported by the government and the government to prevent them from being carried by smuggling. In the past, when taking the canal to carry smuggled goods, it was common to carry smuggled goods, because the fleet of caucus was not subject to checkpoints along the way, and there was no need to pay taxes and fees along the way, so it became normal to use the caucus fleet to carry smuggled goods. However, although the traverser can be exempted from the taxes and fees of Cao Yun and official transport, no one is allowed to use Cao Yun and official transport to carry private goods.

Seeing the two plans, Yuan Shikai was also a little numb, it should be said that Li Songchen proposed two plans are very reasonable, Yuan Shikai can't come up with any better plan, from the perspective of the imperial court, he must hope to choose the second plan, but just to build ports, docks, railways, Warehouses and other settings are inevitably too cost-effective, and now the imperial court has no money, so intellectually speaking, the first plan should be chosen, but this is subject to others, and Yuan Shikai can't make up his mind, so he has to say that he has to consult the imperial court to decide. Li Songchen also expressed his understanding of this.

The last is the connection between the Kaiping Coal Mine and the Tianjin New Area, now there is a railway connection between the Kaiping Coal Mine and the Tianjin New Area, but most of them have to pass through the control area of the Qing court, Li Songchen proposed to Yuan Shikai, asking the Qing court to maintain the safety of the railway and the train, and at the same time will send soldiers to escort the train, but to ensure that the soldiers will never take the initiative to get off the train without being attacked. After thinking about it for a while, Yuan Shikai also agreed.

It only took half a day for the two sides to complete the negotiation, and Yuan Shikai reported the results of the negotiation to the Qing court, asking the court to determine the plan for Cao Yun or come up with a new plan. Three days later, after receiving a reply from the Qing court, Cao Yun chose the first option.

In fact, the Qing court has also repeatedly discussed the choice of Cao Yun, but the problem is that the Qing court has no money to build ports, docks, railways, warehouses and other settings, and it can't come up with a better plan, so it can only pinch its nose and choose the first plan proposed by the traverser. And this is the one that can bring at least one million taels of silver to the East China government every year.

In this way, the partition of Tianjin was decided, Li Songchen ordered the officials of the Tianjin New Area to evacuate the old city of Tianjin; Yuan Shikai ordered Zhao Bingjun to lead 1,000 Beiyang troops to enter the old city of Tianjin, and handle the handover affairs with the garrison People's Army. Yuan Shikai also had a meeting with Li Songchen, asking the overseas Chinese to send people to Shanghai as soon as possible to negotiate with Yu Lianyuan, the Shanghai Daotai, to handle the handover of the Shanghai New Area, and at the same time to handle navigation affairs with the China Merchants Steamship Bureau. Because only when these things are done well can the Cao Yun and the official Yun be restored.

Of course, Li Songchen didn't want to delay, because the affairs of the Shanghai New Area had nothing to do with him, but the shipping business was related to Tianjin's substantive interests, so he immediately made an appointment with Yang Yuxin, the person in charge of the Shanghai New Area, who had been determined.

Yang Yuxin, the operations manager of a Ro-Ro passenger ship, was one of the early crossers to join the work, and after the crossers occupied Tianjin, he became the manager of the Li Shunde Hotel in Tianjin. On the one hand, he introduced a modern business model in the Li Shunde Hotel, organized modern song and dance performances, and also transformed a movie theater, so that the Li Shunde Hotel became a window to the outside world for the travelers in Tianjin, and received many celebrities.

However, Yang Yuxin is not satisfied with just being a hotel manager, because if he arrives in the old time and space, it is fine, but in this era, the opportunities are not limited to this. And with the stability of the rule of the traverser, the number of officials is increasing, and the number of factories and enterprises is increasing, and for a considerable period of time, the East China government will basically not vigorously develop the tertiary industry, so the development prospect of Li Shunde Hotel is relatively limited. Therefore, Yang Yuxin also paid close attention to the movements of the East China government and looked for a new development path for himself.

After the official establishment of the East China government, the traverser openly recruited the person in charge of the Shanghai New Area, and Yang Yuxin immediately realized that the opportunity had come. Although the area of Shanghai New Area is not large, but the location of Shanghai is very special, is China's economic center and window to the outside world in this era, and Shanghai New Area is a base of the traverser in Shanghai, the position of this person in charge is naturally very important, even if the traverser later obtains the national power, he can at least enter the leading body of the Shanghai local government, the Chinese in the old time and space know that in the case of the same administrative level, local officials in Shanghai are actually more important.

So Yang Yuxin signed up for the election of the head of the Shanghai New Area. As a result, among the six candidates, Yang Yuxin stood out and was elected as the head of the Shanghai New District. On the one hand, Yang Yuxin's successful election is due to his achievements in the operation of Lishunde Hotel, and on the other hand, he also put forward the idea of building Shanghai New Area.

In the campaign outline he submitted, he put forward two points of view: the first is the positioning of the Shanghai New Area's economic function, and its main role is to assist the East China government in developing the economy and industry and increasing fiscal revenue, rather than positioning itself in the political field to engage in debates with the Qing court, the reformers, or the revolutionaries, or to organize some anti-Qing propaganda actions; and the second is to also show the civilization, modernity, and Cultural outlook, strive for the right to speak in public opinion. Since China as a whole in this era is still a closed society, there are only a few open places, and Shanghai is the most open place among them, so as long as you win the right to speak in public opinion in Shanghai, you will actually win the right to speak in public opinion in the whole country.

Moreover, Yang Yuxin further explained that what he said about fighting for the right to speak in public opinion is not to publicize the political propositions of the East China government, promote freedom, democracy and human rights, but start from the subtle aspects of culture, life, entertainment, etc., and imperceptibly influence social public opinion, that is, to give full play to the so-called soft power.