Although Yuan Shikai arranged a detailed tour itinerary for Funan, but this time Funan had no intention of playing, and all of them politely declined, because this time it was very different from when Funan first came to Nanjing, and Funan not only had to report to the ministers of various countries in Beijing and Yuan Shikai's negotiation process, but also answer various inquiries and questions from the ministers of various countries, and give his own suggestions for the ministers of various countries to make decisions.

On the one hand, this is the reference basis for the ministers of various countries to make decisions, and on the other hand, it is also the performance of Fonan's own work, if the information he provides is inconsistent with the facts and misleads the ministers' decision-making, Fonan's political future will basically be there. Therefore, in the days after the conclusion of the negotiations with Yuan Shikai, Funan basically spent time receiving and receiving telegrams with Beijing, and telegrams of various contents also traveled back and forth between Beijing and Nanjing like snowflakes.

Three days later, a new agreement was finally drawn up between the ministers of Funan and Beijing, and after consultation, the ministers agreed to Yuan Shikai's suggestion, no longer requiring control of Yuan Shikai's finances and army, but setting up an advisory group, which was fully responsible for providing advice to Yuan Shikai in all aspects, and the silver that the countries supported to Yuan Shikai was also managed by the financial group under the advisory group, and Yuan Shikai negotiated the plan for the use of these silvers, and then transferred and supervised the whole process of the plan. In other areas such as economic, military, and administrative, various countries also sent advisers to Yuan Shikai to assist Yuan Shikai in managing the Liangjiang region.

In addition, the countries also agreed to withdraw the request for the establishment of a concession in Nanjing, but hoped to demarcate an area in Nanjing, set up an economic zone, and let businessmen from various countries build factories and operate, but the administrative, management, and public security powers of the economic zone still belong to the Liangjiang Governor's Office, of course, in order to ensure the safety of the factories and facilities of various countries, each country is required to send 30 soldiers to garrison.

It turned out that according to the attitude of Yuan Shikai mentioned by Funan, it was obvious that the previous requirements of various countries could not be met, and if they really did not give in one step, they could only force Yuan Shikai to the side of East China. And the countries are not inflexible, so they have also lowered their requirements, and replaced the previous plan of full control of Yuan Shikai with an advisory group, although the power of the advisory group is completely determined by Yuan Shikai, but in this way, it can fully intervene in all aspects of Yuan Shikai, but it is much broader than the previous demand for only financial and military. In addition, how much power the advisory group can finally get, although it is decided by Yuan Shikai, but in essence, it still depends on the strength comparison between countries and Yuan Shikai, as well as the future game, simply put, as long as Yuan Shikai has a request for countries in the future, then countries will still have a great opportunity to intervene in Yuan Shikai's power layer, and there is no need to completely tear his face now.

The same is true for the concessions, although the countries gave up their plans to establish a concession area in Nanjing, but in the name of establishing an economic zone, they first occupied the land and let people come first, and then waited for the opportunity to turn the economic zone into a concession area. In addition, each country is required to garrison 30 soldiers in the special economic zone, which will provide an excuse for storing weapons and ammunition in the special economic zone, and in addition, some soldiers can be arranged in the form of plain clothes to be arranged in the concession area, so that when needed, an army of about 1,000 people can be quickly pulled up in the concession, and with the existence of such an army, many things can be done.

Of course, Yuan Shikai also knew that the countries were only taking a step back, but they were still eyeing each other, and they did not completely give up their plans to seize power from themselves, but this negotiation can talk about this step, which is already a very good result, after all, it is not realistic to completely close the power of various countries outside the scope of their own power, unless they do not need the help of various countries, so they can only take one step at a time, after all, they still need the help of various countries, and they can only take one step at a time. However, Yuan Shikai also has his own backhand, so now such conditions are also acceptable.

The general principles of the agreement were determined in this way, and the rest was of course the details, but there was no need for Yuan Shikai to come forward to negotiate with Funan, but Yuan Shikai's staff was responsible for further negotiation and negotiation with Funan, and Yuan Shikai only did the gatekeeping. First, in the identity of Yuan Shikai, of course, it is impossible to take care of these small and fragmented affairs; second, it is to negotiate and sign an agreement in the future, and it is also signed by the staff, not Yuan Shikai, because the Qing court has not yet perished, if Yuan Shikai is named on this agreement, it is to give people a handle, even if Yuan Shikai will not be dismissed by the Qing court because of this, but it is also a major political stain, with Yuan Shikai's shrewdness, of course, he will not make this kind of mistake.

And the staff sign on behalf of the staff, it is possible to advance or retreat, and be invincible. If it's okay, of course Yuan Shikai will implement the agreement, and even if the situation is favorable to him, he can still refuse to accept this agreement, and once the matter is exposed, because it was signed by the staff, Yuan Shikai can also push it clean and will not get angry. Of course, the ministers of various countries, as well as Funan, also understood this, so they also approved that Yuan Shikai's staff would sign on his behalf, after all, to maintain the implementation of the agreement, it is the strength of both parties to the agreement rather than the so-called spirit of the contract, which the ministers of various countries and Funan understand.

So Funan and Yuan Shikai's staff negotiated for another five days, worked out all kinds of details, and finally finally settled on an agreement that both sides were not the most satisfied with, but they were both acceptable. It's also a big thing.

After signing the agreement, Funan immediately said goodbye to Yuan Shikai, returned to Hankou to organize an advisory group, and then returned to Nanjing again to participate in Yuan Shikai's affairs, and it was to discuss how to distribute the silver that various countries supported Yuan Shikai, because Yuan Shikai was waiting for the silver to arrive, although Yuan Shikai was still relatively free now, but the brigade had already arrived in Nanjing, and the expenses had increased dramatically, and at the same time, Yuan Shikai had to continue to recruit troops and expand the army.

But now that the land of the two rivers has just experienced floods, there are still a large number of victims to be resettled, and this year's tax is estimated to be not much, and the wealthy businessmen in Nanjing have been forced by Yuan Shikai to donate once, and if they ask for money again, I am afraid that they will not be able to squeeze much, so the most reliable income at present is only the money supported by various countries. Although it seems that this money is not very useful and there are too many restrictions, it is better to have this money than not to have it.

However, after Funan left Nanjing, Yuan Shikai was not idle, and immediately took a boat to Shanghai, and negotiated with Li Songchen, the mayor of Shanghai, how to deal with his relationship with East China ** in the future, and how to implement the land exchange previously agreed by the two parties. Because these affairs in East China have been fully authorized to be handled by Shanghai, the location of the negotiation is naturally Shanghai, which also allows Yuan Shikai to run less.

Originally, after Yuan Shikai settled the affairs of Nanjing, he should immediately go to Shanghai to negotiate related affairs with East China**, but because he had to negotiate with Funan, it took more than 10 days, fortunately, Shanghai did not urge, but Yuan Shikai also knew in his heart that if he wanted to sit firmly in Liangjiang, it would not work if he did not handle the relationship with East China**, so as soon as the negotiations with Funan ended, Yuan Shikai immediately rushed to Shanghai.

Li Songchen is one of the most familiar people of Yuan Shikai in East China, and he can even be said to be an old friend. It turned out that when Li Songchen was the mayor of Tianjin, the two would have an official exchange meeting almost every month, sometimes three or four times a month. Later, the communication between the two was not limited to official business, but began to develop into a personal relationship, so they often drank tea, chatted, watched plays, and played together.

Although the development of personal relations was actively promoted by Yuan Shikai, because although the momentum of East China was far less than it is now, it showed a vigorous and upward development momentum, which was in stark contrast to the lifelessness of the Qing court. One of the most effective means is to establish good personal relations with officials in East China.

And to Yuan Shikai's overtures, Li Songchen also gave a positive response, which was of course also instructed by East China, and established a good personal relationship with some officials of the Qing court, which was also beneficial to East China. And no matter whether Yuan Shikai is a generation of heroes or thieves in the old time and space, he is one of the most important and important figures in this era, so of course it is necessary to establish a good personal relationship with him, just as Huadong ** has always had a good relationship with Li Hongzhang.

As a result, Yuan Shikai and Li Songchen's personal relationship was gradually established, and in the exchange, Yuan Shikai found that although Li Songchen was young, he was very shrewd and capable, and his experience was different from the ordinary, and he had a great future for development in East China in the future, so he was even more interested in befriending Li Songchen. Yuan Shikai has always been generous in making friends, and he is invincible in the officialdom of the Qing court, whether it is Li Lianying in the palace or Prince Qing, they are as good as wearing a pair of pants.

However, after communicating with East China** for a long time, Yuan Shikai also knew that this set was not easy to use in East China**, so the gifts given to Li Songchen were also correspondingly cautious, generally not valuable, but just meaningful. The only heavy gift was given by Yuan Shikai to Li Songchen's two maids, both of whom were 15 or 6-year-old yellow flower girls, because Li Songchen was still young at the time and was not married, and Li Songchen did not refuse this gift, and accepted it with a smile on the spot.

Li Songchen served in Tianjin for about 3 years, and in 1905 he was transferred to the mayor of Shanghai, but the relationship between the two was not broken. This time the two met again in Shanghai, and Yuan Shikai was also quite proud in his heart, and he spent all his efforts to make friends with Li Songchen in vain.