"Clever, so clever. Roosevelt lamented, "I've never seen the media exploited to such an extent that if they were to run for president of the United States, I'm afraid no one would be their opponent." ”

"Yes, I think Werther is really going to pay for his cleverness this time." ”

The president of the United States is elected by the people, so candidates will naturally not give up media propaganda, and of course it is indispensable to use the media to attack opponents, but it is true that the United States has never seen such ingenious means to guide the media as the East China government. In fact, all what the East China government said was true, and the previous negotiating ministers of the Qing court did accept bribes from the other party, and the Russian delegation also met with the envoys of the Qing court.

That night, someone had already reported the scene on the dock in detail to Roosevelt and others, and after reading it, everyone was also amazed by Li Sanjie's means of mobilizing the media.

Rutter said, "Mr. President, is it difficult for this negotiation to break down like this?" Although it is not necessary to say that the negotiations will be successful, it is not a disgrace for the United States as a mediator to break down like this before formal negotiations have begun.

Roosevelt said: "That's not necessarily, the East China government does not necessarily want to withdraw from the negotiations, but only to force Russia to make concessions, so there is still a lot of room for redemption in the negotiations, Yi Caixiu, you go to visit the East China government delegation early tomorrow morning, please don't leave in a hurry, wait in New York for another three days, they still have an economic and trade mission in New York, no matter what." And three days was enough to convince Russia to back down. ”

Fairbanks said: "I am afraid it will not be easy to make Russia back down. ”

Roosevelt said: "That's a matter for the French, it's up to them to control their allies!"

Fairbanks said: "Even if Russia retreats and restarts negotiations, as long as the East China government insists on not changing its demand for reparations, it is almost impossible for this negotiation to be fruitful." ”

Roosevelt said with a smile: "Actually, all parties should know that this negotiation is impossible to achieve results, but they are not willing to give up a glimmer of hope, and they still have the illusion of 'in case the other side makes concessions at the last moment'." But if there is no result, there will be no result. I think we should reassess the strength and potential of the East China government. ”

Root was stunned for a moment and said, "What?"

Roosevelt said: "In the past, I always thought that if Britain and France entered the war, the East China government would definitely lose, but now I have wavered in this view, from the East China government's use of the means of the media, their overall leadership level is definitely not bad, should have a clear assessment of the situation after Britain and France entered the war, and still insist on reparations, I am afraid that there is a certain certainty or reliance." ”

Fairbanks said: "Maybe it's a deliberate bluff? Asians have always had a lot of ideas. ”

Roosevelt didn't argue with Fairbanks, and said, "Of course, this is just my personal feeling, and it can't be used as the basis for our decision, so let's wait for the reports of the War Department and the Navy Department to come out." Perhaps after Britain and France entered the war, they would be able to correctly assess the strength of the East China government. ”

Root said: "Mr. President, what about the ministers of the Chun Kingdom?"

Fairbanks said: "A few clowns who jump off the beam, what is there to worry about, can't it be over if you drive them away? Even if you don't drive them out of the United States, you can rush to the west, so as not to get in the way here." ”

Roosevelt thought for a moment before he said: "Then there is no need to go so far, Yi Caixiu, after you go to visit the delegation of the East China government tomorrow, you will go to the hotel where the Qing minister is staying, and warn them to be honest these days, not to cause trouble again, and to deal with their affairs after the results of the tripartite talks are decided." ”

"Okay, but I guess they'll be better off when the newspaper comes out tomorrow." ”

Sure enough, the next day, Root went to the hotel to visit Li Sanjie and told Roosevelt's request, and Li Sanjie did not refuse, and immediately agreed, but also proposed that Russia must solemnly apologize so that the East China government could continue negotiations.

It turned out that just last night, Li Sanjie told the people in the delegation the truth and sent the incident back to Qingdao. At 12 o'clock in the evening, he received a reply from the Qingdao side, agreeing with Li Sanjie's approach, and pointing out that if the US side offers to retain the delegation, it can stay in the United States temporarily, but Russia must apologize before it will rejoin the talks, and if the US side does not retain it, or if Russia refuses to apologize, the negotiating delegation will return to China, and only the economic and trade delegation will continue its activities in the United States.

Seeing that Li Sanjie agreed to stay in the United States temporarily, Lute was also very happy, and chatted a few more words, then said goodbye and left, and turned to the next destination.

Li Sanjie sent Rout out of the hotel and then turned back to his room. At this time, a waiter came over, handed Li Sanjie a letter, and said, "Sir, someone asked me to give you this letter, and he said that after you read the letter, you will understand." ”

Li Sanjie also had some doubts in his heart, who in the United States would write a letter to himself, and he handed it to himself in this way, but he still took the letter and said "thank you", on the way back to the room, Li Sanjie also tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper and opened it, and couldn't help but change his face greatly. Hurriedly put away the letter again, returned to the room, and then sent someone to inform He Handong, Tan Qizong, Li Zhisong and other key personnel, asking them to immediately put down the things in their hands, rush back as soon as possible, and negotiate important matters.

At this time, He Handong and others were attending a banquet of American entrepreneurs, vigorously publicizing the East China government's plan to develop the northeast region, and after receiving Li Sanjie's notice, they were also very surprised, but they also knew that Li Sanjie must have encountered something important and sudden when he sent such a signal, so they had no choice but to leave.

After returning to the hotel, Li Sanjie immediately pulled them to the bedroom in his room, and by this time there were about 10 people, all of whom were the main members of the delegation. Then he told two people to stay outside, so that no one could listen and no one disturbed, and he asked one person to sit in the outer room, because the rooms on the left and right were occupied by their own people, so that they could be safe.

After the delegation arrived in the United States, Li Sanjie had never been so nervous and mysterious, which also made the others a little panicked, He Handong couldn't help but say: "Lao Li, what happened to make you so nervous." As for that?"

Li Sanjie smiled bitterly and said, "You know a lot, you know that I am so cautious, and it is not too much." As he spoke, he handed the letter he received in the morning to He Handong and said, "Old He, at this time, the letter I received in the morning, you can read it first, and then pass it to others to take turns to read, and you will understand." ”

He Handong took the letter, the letterhead was a blank piece of paper, writing "2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing welcomes you" There is also a row of small letters underneath: I will pay an official visit tomorrow at 10 a.m., if you would like to meet me, please inform the reception staff of the hotel in advance. Signed by Thomas Anderson. The handwriting is not very good, but it is all written in Chinese.

After reading it, He Handong handed the letter to the others and said, "There are also travelers in the United States?"

After the terrorist attack on the Shanghai New Area, the East China government did not hide it, but disclosed it to all the traversers, in addition to the East China government's group of traversers, there are other traversers in this era, at least it can be confirmed that Japan has, and it is very likely that it is not one, and it is an enemy of the East China government. And now it seems that the United States also has a traverser. After reading the letter one after another, everyone was able to understand Li Sanjie's appearance as if he was facing a great enemy. After all, the terrorist attack on Shanghai launched by the Japanese traversers caused heavy losses to the East China government, and the American traversers were naturally full of vigilance. But this traverser, named Thomas Anderson, actually took the initiative to contact the East China government, and I don't know what the intention was. Therefore, there was a lot of talk among the people.

At this time, Li Sanjie said: "This matter is very important, if this person announces our origins, the consequences will be unpredictable, and we are in the United States, and it is difficult to ensure safety, so everyone should not go out of the hotel these days, and try to get together as much as possible, so as not to be all single." ”

Li Zhisong said: "If someone wants to deal with us, what's the use of hiding in the hotel?"

He Handong said: "At least the safety factor will be a little higher, what does Guan Jian mean by his letter, it seems that he is still planning to meet with us, how can this be handled, do you want to see him?"

Tan Qizong said: "Why don't we hurry back to China." ”

He Handong said: "It is not a matter of one or two days to return to China, our ships are all parked in San Francisco, and it will take 6 or 7 days just by train. ”

Li Sanjie said: "It's not that serious, since he wrote to ask for a meeting, it is estimated that it is not very likely to deal with us in a short time, so we should be able to ensure safety if we stay in the hotel, but if we can't see him, whether to return to China, we have to ask for instructions from China." Everyone should be patient for this time, and I will immediately send a telegram to the country to see how the Executive Yuan decides. ”

According to the analysis of the Ministry of Security, it is very likely that the other time-travelers have traveled to this era with their own fleet, so at least at present, there should be no other cross-channel; and there will not be too many other cross-passers, because Japan has not yet seen any technology or weapons beyond this era, so it cannot be compared with a group such as the East China government. And the United States does not seem to have advanced technology and weapons, so it seems that even if the United States has a time-traveler, there will not be too many of them. The reason why Li Sanjie is nervous is mainly for the sake of caution, after all, this is not a domestic country.