The Shanghai office of the traverser is located in the north of Shiliupu, outside the small east gate of Shanghai County. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info is a two-storey brick and wood mixed structure house.

Shiliupu Wharf was once the most famous wharf in Shanghai, located in the area along the Huangpu River in the east of Shanghai County, which was originally to defend against the attack of the Taiping Army. The "shop" is responsible for the security of the shop, and the official business is jointly undertaken by the shops in the shop. Initially, it was planned to divide it into 27 shops, but in the end it was only divided into 16 shops. Among them, 16 shops are the largest among the 16 shops, including the east gate of Shanghai County, west to Chenghao, east to Huangpu River, north to Xiaodongmen Street and the French Concession, south to Wanyu Wharf Street and Wangjia Wharf Street, which is the origin of the name 16 shops, and has been used until the crossing.

Before the Opium War, the 16th shop was located in the most lively place in Shanghai, it was the largest wharf in the Far East, the water gateway of Shanghai, merchants from all over the country opened shops and set up villages, engaged in coastal and Yangtze River basin interport trade business, passenger and freight concentrated, wharves were lined up, docked ships one after another, merchants on the shore were concentrated, all lines were complete, all kinds of businesses, shops, warehouses were lined up, and cars came and went.

Although with the establishment and construction of the Shanghai concession, the location of the 16th shop is too deep into the inland land, the area is narrow, the development space is limited, and the Huangpu River channel is shallow, can not berth large and medium-sized ships and other weaknesses are gradually revealed, and the center of gravity in the Shanghai area has also shifted to the concession area, the status of the 16th shop has also declined, but Bizhang is a time-honored brand, at the same time, because the 16th shop is not in the concession area, it has also been supported by local officials in Shanghai, and Chinese businessmen, most of them will operate in the 16th shop, so the current 16th shop area is still one of the important wharves and business districts in Shanghai。 In the 30s of the 20th century, Du Yuesheng, a famous figure in Shanghai, first came to Shanghai at the age of 14 and was an apprentice in the 16th shop Hongyuansheng fruit store.

This house was originally owned by a business friend of Zhao Weizhong in Shanghai, because the business needs funds, so he wanted to sell the house, and Zhao Weizhong took a fancy to the location of this house and wanted to sell it to make his own shop in Shanghai, but the price of the house was beyond the range that Zhao Weizhong could afford, and he wanted to go back to Tianjin to borrow some money, and at this time the traveler needed to buy a property in Shanghai for office use, so Zhao Weizhong recommended this house to the traveler.

After looking at the house, Liu Lantao, who is responsible for looking for a house, thinks that the location of the house is good, belongs to an important business district in Shanghai, and whether it is not far from the county seat of Shanghai or the concession, and is close to the wharf, the transportation is convenient, and the house is divided into two floors, there is a small shelving on the roof, a total of 12 rooms, there is a small yard of more than 100 square meters before and after the downstairs, and the front yard goes straight about 300 meters to the wharf, so it can also be used for commercial management in the future, which fully meets the requirements of the traverser, so the house was bought.

However, after yesterday's report to the Tianjin side that the talks had broken down, the Executive Committee sent a 318 boat from Qingdao to Shanghai to pick up the negotiation team, and it was expected to arrive in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

After arriving at the house, Qin Zheng immediately recruited key personnel for a meeting, mainly to arrange the work arrangements for Shanghai in the next stage. The first is to determine the personnel who will stay in Shanghai, although before the negotiations, the traverser sent a working group to Shanghai, but the main task of the working group is to carry out preliminary work for the negotiations, not to determine whether to stay in Shanghai, and now to stay in Shanghai, there is indeed a certain danger, because the next stage of the traverser is definitely going to start a war, in case the countries are ashamed and angry, and angry with the people who stay, it is really hard to say what the consequences will be, so Qin Zheng decided to follow the principle of personal voluntariness, and never force it, and at the same time said that Du Yingyi, the only woman in the working group, must leave Shanghai and return to Tianjin, and cannot leave women in dangerous places。

Liu Lantao and Li Hongbing first expressed their willingness to stay in Shanghai, both of them were soldiers, and they knew that at this time, the crossing group really needed someone to stay in Shanghai to work, so they were willing to take on this dangerous job.

Qin Zheng was also very satisfied with their performance, in the end, he was a soldier and had the courage to take responsibility.

At this time, Gao Lei, another person in the working group, also expressed his willingness to stay in Shanghai, which made Qin Zheng a little surprised, because Gao Lei was one of the first three people to be punished by law among the traversers, and in a strict sense, Gao Lei is still serving his sentence and has not yet completed his sentence. However, in the old time and space, three generations of his family were born and raised in Shanghai, and Gao Lei knew the situation in Shanghai and the history of Shanghai very well, so when recruiting the working group, Gao Lei also took the initiative to sign up.

And now when the traverser needs to make the best use of it, even for the prisoners, in fact, the three people who were punished did not really serve in prison, but worked with crimes, so Gao Lei joined the working group. And Gao Lei now knows very well that he belongs to a person with historical stains, and if he wants to gain a foothold in the group in the future and not be marginalized, he must have outstanding performance, although there will be a certain risk in staying in Shanghai, but it is very beneficial for him to accumulate qualifications, so he also asked to stay in Shanghai.

Chen Zhaosheng, the last member of the working group, did not want to stay in Shanghai, but the other three chose to stay and were too embarrassed to ask to leave, so they also chose to stay.

Seeing that everyone in the working group decided to stay, Qin Zheng was also very happy, because now the crossing group needs such people who dare to act and take responsibility, instead of waiting to open a golden finger and point to the technology tree.

At this time, Li Sanjie said: "Political commissar, I also want to stay in Shanghai and work for a while." ”

Qin Zheng was stunned, this was really a bit unexpected for him, Qin Zheng did not consider letting Li Sanjie stay in Shanghai, because although Li Sanjie is not a member of the executive committee, he is also one of the leaders of the group, and he is a rare national cadre in the old time and space.

Li Sanjie said: "Political commissar, it's not that I don't believe in the work ability of these comrades, but our work in Shanghai is mainly to win the position of public opinion, and maintain communication with the consulates of various countries, we can no longer rely on Li Hongzhang to liaise with various countries, and these jobs are all diplomatic work, so these comrades obviously lack experience in this regard, and now there is not much urgent work in Tianjin, I think it is better for me to stay in Shanghai." ”

In fact, Li Sanjie's request to stay in Shanghai also has his own considerations. Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was one of the most important departments in the old time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the more marginalized departments in the current Crossing Group. Because the current crossing group does not have much diplomatic relations, and some major foreign affairs, such as consultation and cooperation with Germany, this negotiation is handled by the executive committee. Of course, these affairs are all matters related to the major strategy of the crossing group, and of course it is impossible for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take the lead. But this time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has become a dispensable role in the current crossing group, but there used to be *** in front, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still has a little bit of a feeling of being less than the top and more than the bottom.

And just before the negotiations in Shanghai, through its own efforts, it was able to obtain three projects: the distribution of newspapers, the establishment of news agencies, and the establishment of radio stations. Although the current *** can't be said to be hot, at least it is a successful counterattack and completely took off the hat of the soy sauce department.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was very sad to find that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had gotten rid of the bottom position, and he had become a strong contender for the title of the new generation of soy sauce department.

The Shanghai talks were also regarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an important opportunity to expand its own voice. However, although Li Sanjie was also active after arriving in Shanghai, the entire negotiation process was led by Qin Zheng, and Li Sanjie was only an assistant and could play a limited role. Therefore, Li Sanjie was secretly a little anxious in his heart, if this development continues, even if the negotiation is successful, the achievements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be limited.

Of course, Li Sanjie is working so actively, not only for the sake of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also for his own political future, the current Executive Committee and the Administration Department are all temporary institutions, and a new and formal leading body will be established in a year's time.

And now that the negotiations have broken down, Li Sanjie realizes that his opportunity has finally come, because Li Sanjie is the leader of the crossing group, and naturally knows that after the negotiation breaks down, the crossing group will definitely launch a military operation to attack Beijing. However, Li Sanjie also knows that military means are all for the purpose of politics, and now the military strength of the crossing group is not strong enough to see who destroys whom, and the ultimate goal is to exert diplomatic pressure to force countries to accept the conditions of the crosser at the negotiating table. Therefore, the next step will be to cross the group in both military and diplomatic battlefields, both of which are indispensable. As one of the current leaders of the crossing group, Qin Zheng will definitely return to Tianjin to preside over the overall situation, if he stays in Shanghai, then he will be at the highest level in Shanghai, become the leader of Shanghai's work, and he also has room to play fully, so the achievements will naturally be his own.

Li Sanjie did not fail to think that there were great uncertainties and certain risks in staying in Shanghai, after all, this era had not yet formed perfect international standards in the old time and space. But after careful consideration, Li Sanjie thinks that the possibility of an accident is not great, this is mainly because the current crossing group has enough strength, after all, this era is not the law of the jungle in general, strength is the greatest guarantee, so the better the People's Army fights on the battlefield, the safer it will be in Shanghai, and the greater the risk, the greater the benefits, this risk is still worth taking.