Early the next morning, Qin Zheng first ordered that all the prisoners in the concession be brought to Tianjin City, and began to clean up the ruins, construction waste, and demolition of dilapidated houses in Tianjin.

Although in principle, large-scale engineering construction is not carried out in Tianjin, but the environment in Tianjin is too poor, and it has reached the point where it must be treated, and now it is only cleaning up the ruins, construction waste, and Demolishing dilapidated houses does not need to occupy any resources, mainly manpower, and now the most important thing for the group is manpower, and the environment in Tianjin is also for the good of the traversers, after all, there are troops and other staff of the traversers stationed in Tianjin, and it is completely necessary to give them a good working environment.

As for whether there is a perfect drainage and sanitation system and public facilities in Tianjin, we will wait until the ruins, construction waste, and dilapidated houses in Tianjin are cleared. And the task of escorting and supervising the prisoners was still entrusted to Luo Yue.

After dealing with this matter, Qin Zheng ordered that on the one hand, he began to review and register the residents in Gordon Hall, and on the other hand, he recruited consuls from various countries to come to Gordon Hall for a meeting.

After the consuls arrived, Qin Zheng personally received them and announced to the consuls that the traversers wanted to recover the sovereignty of the concession and the decision to manage the concession.

After listening to Qin Zheng's announcement, the consuls of other countries focused their attention on the British consul Jin Zhang and the French consul Du Shilan, because Britain and France are both old colonists, and now the main body of the Tianjin Concession is the British and French Concession, so the consuls of various countries naturally look at the British and French as the leaders.

The British and French consuls, on the other hand, were very calm at this time, and did not appear to be angry or agitated. Because Britain and France have a lot of colonial experience, they know that once there is a disturbance in the colony, they must not act brutally with the other side when they encounter the use of force to drive out the colonial institutions, but they should be unlucky to do so, but they should be at the mercy of the other party, as long as they save their lives, everything else is easy to say, not to mention the confiscation of concessions, inspection of consulates, everything else can be abandoned, including money, just as the consuls came to China to learn a proverb, called "a good man does not suffer immediate losses" As long as people are alive, they can wait for the country to send troops to find the field.

The other consuls saw that the British and French consuls did not have any unusual reactions, and naturally they did not object, since it is a country that does not have a concession in Tianjin, anyway, this group of overseas Chinese still retains the consulates of various countries, and only the concessions of various countries are confiscated, so they have nothing to lose, they want to inspect the consulate, so let them check it.

Qin Zheng saw that no one squeaked, and he was a little disappointed in his heart, if someone objected, he could just express his tough position, but he couldn't sing without anyone cooperating with this play, so he said: "If all the consuls have no opinions, then ......"

At this moment, I saw the Russian consul suddenly stand up, wave his hands, and say loudly: "I protest, I protest, the consulate is a diplomatic institution, you have no right to inspect, and our Russian consulate will never allow you to inspect it." ”

It turned out that the Russian consul had long been annoyed by it, and originally thought that the British and French consuls were protesting, so they couldn't help it, but the British and French consuls didn't let out a fart, so they recognized it, and the Russian consul naturally couldn't help it, and immediately jumped out to express his protest.

Qin Zheng glanced at the Russian consul, this guy was tall, fat-headed, big-bellied, full of yellow hair, like a big bear, and said: "Okay, since the Russian consul refuses us to inspect the consulate, then I announce that the Russian consul will be expelled immediately, the consulate will be taken back, and it will be executed immediately." ”

The Russian consul was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the other party to be so tough, and he didn't take Russia in his eyes at all, so he immediately raised his voice again and said: "The Tianjin Concession was established by an agreement between our country and the Qing government, and you have no right to expel it." ”

Qin Zheng said lightly: "Since it is an agreement reached with the Qing government, then go to the Qing government to protest." ”

The Russian consul was stunned, and now the empress dowager and the emperor of the Qing State did not know where they had fled, so they went there to protest to the Qing government, and was it useful to protest against the Qing government? Now it is this group of overseas Chinese who want to expel them, not the Qing government.

And Qin Zheng didn't allow him to think too much, he was just looking for something to stand up in front of these consuls, so that they could know that they were different from the Qing government, and the Russian consul jumped out by himself, so he didn't wait for anything if he didn't take the knife, and immediately said: "Platoon Commander Luo, drive him out immediately." ”

It was Luo Yue's marine platoon who was responsible for defending, and when he heard Qin Zheng's greeting, Luo Yue immediately walked into the conference room with two soldiers, one left and one right, grabbed the Russian consul, and dragged him out. The Russian consul was still unwilling, kicked his legs and stretched out his hands, and struggled desperately, but a soldier turned the butt of his gun and smashed him twice on the belly, and the Russian consul was immediately beaten so badly that he was no longer able to resist, and the soldiers dragged him out of the conference room like a dead dog.

Qin Zheng said again: "Platoon Commander Luo, immediately send someone to seal the Russian consulate and expel all consulate personnel. ”

Luo Yue immediately said, "Yes." Then he turned and left.

And the whole process, the consuls of all countries who sat down again just watched, but no one spoke for the Russian consul, and many consuls still laughed at the Russian consul in their hearts, and they didn't know what to do, what the situation is now, and they have to work against this group of overseas Chinese, isn't this self-inflicted bad luck, because Russia's reputation in Europe is not good, and there are few countries that like Russia, so everyone is a little gloating when they see Russia cheating.

However, the British consul Jin Zhang and the French consul Du Shilan exchanged glances with each other, and both of them heard some ways from Qin Zheng's words just now, although this group of overseas Chinese is under the banner of returning to China, but they do not seem to have the slightest intention of respecting the Qing State between their words, so it seems that this group of overseas Chinese and the Qing State may not be all the way. Of course, we can't use this relationship for the time being, but it's hard to say in the future, and maybe there will be a time when it will be useful.

At this time, Qin Zheng said: "Then do the consuls have any protests?" ”

Seeing the results of the Russian consul, who dared to say anything more, so they were all silent, Qin Zheng nodded, and said: "Okay, since there are no opinions, then it is decided like this, everyone go back to prepare, in just one or two days, we will send someone to check, I hope you can cooperate well, and no unpleasant things will happen." ”

Speaking of this, the consuls of various countries also took their leave, left Gordon Hall, and returned to their respective consulates.

After leaving Gordon Hall, Qin Moman, the German consul, caught up with the British and French consuls and said, "Mr. Consul, are we now like this group of overseas Chinese who have succumbed?"

Jin Zhang said: "Mr. Qin Moman, there is an old saying in China, those who know the times are junjie, at this time we should not directly confront this group of overseas Chinese, the Russian consul is the best lesson, so we are only temporarily retreating, as long as our army recaptures Tianjin, the concession is still our world." What you lost now can be regained, and you will get more. ”

After hearing this, Qin Moman also nodded and said, "So that's the case, I understand." ”

Immediately after the consuls left, the travelers began to check and register the foreigners gathered in Gordon Hall.

Actually, it's not complicated, as long as you know English, because most of the foreigners living in the concession are British, and even if you are not British, you can communicate in English. Among the traversers, almost everyone knows a few words of English, and it is not surprising that they have passed the fourth or sixth grade, TOEFL and the like, but it is very surprising to foreigners, there are not many Chinese who know English in this era, and among this group of overseas Chinese, it seems that everyone understands English.

The content of the examination is actually very simple, that is, to ask the name, age, nationality, industry, address in the concession, family members, how many years they have lived in the lease, whether they work for others or open their own shop, if they open a store, what kind of business they are engaged in, what industries they have, etc., and record them one by one, if there is no doubt, take a photo to register, and then issue a residence permit with a printed avatar, and then you can return to your own residence to live. However, those who have an industry will have to wait for the next property review before they can open a business. Of course, each person is also issued with a copy of the temporary concession daily management system.

The people who have been examined are also relieved, they thought that they would be subjected to a lot of trouble, but the content of the censorship is within the acceptable range of everyone, although some people's properties still have to wait for further review, but their hearts are also a lot more settled, at least the personal stability in the concession can be guaranteed.

Although the camera has been issued in this era, it is obviously not comparable with modern digital cameras, not to mention that the cameras of this era can only take black and white photos, while the overseas Chinese print out color photos, although it is not that insiders do not know the principle of photographic technology, from black and white photos to color photos need to cross how many technical thresholds, but also know that the technology of color photos is obviously much more advanced than black and white photos.

And many foreigners have even calculated in their hearts how much benefit they will bring to themselves if they can master this technology, so if they have the opportunity, they can talk to this group of overseas Chinese and cooperate in development.

In one morning, more than half of the foreigners gathered at Gordon Hall were registered, and they had all left Gordon Hall and returned to their homes. And the rest of the people also gathered at the door of the house for registration and inspection, waiting for their turn.

The personnel of the British Tianjin Concession Bureau were very simple, packed up their things in one morning, left Gordon Hall, and moved to live in the British Consulate. But when they left, they all held their heads high and put on a very stinky look.

As he was the chairman of the Ministry of Industry, when he walked out of Gordon Hall, he turned to face Gordon Hall and said loudly in a very exaggerated voice: "Gentlemen, we are only leaving temporarily, but we will still come back." ”

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