On October 20, Li Guolou went to the British Hall to start the first round of negotiations with the British, and it was still early, Li Guolou took the British Xie Lia and the Frenchman Yelia to take a look at the construction of the Zhongchaoyang Development Zone

Li Guolou also asked Xie Liya and Yelia to translate the Sino-British negotiations, disgusted to death, since the British Minister Wei Tuma could not change the framework of the contract between the two countries, he would stir up nonsense, so that the original tension of the sword and crossbow The atmosphere of the negotiation became nondescript, so that the follow-up negotiations of the "Margaret Case" developed into entertainment, and today's negotiations are only the first round of contact negotiations, and the diplomatic missions of the two countries will each put forward their own ideas, exchange memoranda, and give their own bottom lines in their hearts, and there will be no verbal rebuttals and rebuttals in the negotiation agenda, and even the drinking party will be exempted, that is, the two sides will get to know each other's negotiators

Diplomatic negotiations are very slow, sometimes the talks are interspersed with drinking parties for a day, sometimes they exchange blueprints, they shake hands and say goodbye after five minutes, sometimes they talk to Niu Danqin and do not listen to each other's ideas, sometimes they slap the table and threaten to stop negotiating and use force to settle the dispute between the two countries

The British did not send a fleet to threaten Prince Gong of the Qing Dynasty and Li Hongzhang to be willing to betray their national interests, indicating that the Westernists represented by Li Hongzhang had long become accustomed to betraying their national interests

Li Hongzhang was concerned with the opening of the port and the treaty port, the tax exemption policy for British merchants, the demarcation of territory for the British to maintain law and order, the compensation for British losses, and the Qing Dynasty to send court officials to Britain to apologize

Li Guolou as a special envoy for negotiations, there is not much room for maneuver, if Li Hongzhang and Wei Tuma negotiate a contract, the consequence is that Li Hongzhang falls, the Westernists suffer huge losses, if the Qing faction comes to power, the Qing army and the British army will inevitably fight, this is what Li Guolou absolutely does not want to see, if the British and the Russians reach an agreement to cede the interests of the Turkish Empire to the Russians, the British * team will fight the Qing Dynasty with all their might, the Qing Dynasty defense line will completely collapse, and the small loss is that the coastal strategic points are occupied by the British

Li Guolou can also understand why Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang accepted the humiliating traitorous treaty, because the Westernists realized that the huge gap with Britain, the world's largest power, was based on reality, which allowed the British minister Wei Tuma to blackmail the Qing Dynasty and repeatedly succeed, achieving a high level of surrender without a fight

It is very difficult for the imperialist countries to survive in the cracks, and it is not a fortunate thing for the Qing Dynasty to be a diplomat, but it is a shameful thing, and even the personality of the weak country has to be humiliated, and the weak country has no diplomacy to amplify the Qing Dynasty. It was introduced, but this could only ensure the peace of the Qing Dynasty for a while, and the struggle between the imperialist countries would inevitably damage the interests of the Qing Dynasty, and the country's comprehensive strength was not enough

Therefore, Li Guolou went out and found another way, pushing the Englishman Cheria and the Frenchman Yelia to the negotiating table, first occupying the entertainment page of the newspaper and letting the world media pay attention to the "Margaret case", so that the imperialist countries would denounce the despicable acts of the British in the newspapers for their own interests, and instead help the Qing Dynasty and let the dispute between Britain and the Qing Dynasty return to the framework of the "Universal Pact" to be resolved

This is why Li Guolou came up with a way to refute the unrealistic rhetoric of the British Minister Wei Tuoma from the height of justice, and left the British negotiating mission to Li Hongzhang to do it, or he still won the attention of Westerners in a way that entertained the public, and maintained a suave image

Yelia and Xie Liya were very happy, and it was a historical achievement in the diplomatic history of the Qing Dynasty to become female translators, and the two of them wore a decently decorated cheongsam to show their proud posture

On the carriage, Li Guolou wore red flowers and corals, wore suffixes on his head, his eyes were dazzling, he was wearing nine pythons, five python robes, brocade chicken supplements, a seat and a second-grade civil official, sitting in the middle of two Western beauties, enjoying the national color and fragrance, and could only use his nose to smell the intoxicating perfume and said with a smile: "Dear Yelia and Cheria, today I rely on you to fight for face, and you must be mentally prepared for British reporters."

Yelia sat arrogantly and precariously, afraid that his clothes would be wrinkled, his face would be greased, and his face would not let Li Guolou kiss him, and he said with a strong woman's expression: "Don't worry, Lord Special Envoy, I have already learned how to deal with reporters, and I promise to let all foreign reporters gather around, so that foreign reporters can see that our family is a united family."

Li Guolou repeatedly taught the wives in the family to streamline their housekeeping, be low-key people, and not to show off their wealth, but these ladies have entered the business world and relied on Li Guolou's signboard to do business, and they have already become rich businesswomen in the Qing Dynasty, and even the emperor's relatives and relatives have to look at their faces and act, not to mention the official yamen, no yamen dares to wear small shoes for Li's enterprises, and they can't do anything in the Qing Dynasty, Yelia and Xie Liya are like moving from the business world to the political world to be a translator for Sino-British negotiations, and there is a kind of vanity when they become famous

"Please see how we behave, and there is only one way to deal with reporters, which is to taste a little sweetness at a time, and let the reporters keep circling around you," Xie Liya has long since lost her past, her innocent movements and expressions are exactly the same as Yelia's, and this family member is pretending to be strong women outside, and she is not smiling

"Well, to deal with Wei Tuma, you are still tender, he is mean and tricky, you will pretend to be reserved, don't answer him immediately, if you can't answer, ask him in a rhetorical tone, ask him in tone, let him talk to himself, or pretend not to understand, let him repeat and play him to death" Li Guolou wants to turn the negotiations between the two countries into a social event, the spearhead is directly aimed at Wei Tuma, to make Wei Tuma ugly, so that the British people are prejudiced against Wei Tuma, foreigners treat him as a joke, put it on the entertainment page to ridicule, then dealing with him, Wei Tuma will not be much better, politician Wei Tuma will also become a frequent visitor to the entertainment version

"The Case of Margaret" made Li Guolou recognize Wei Tuma's ugly face, Wei Tuma is the enemy of the Qing Dynasty, and he must not let the enemy become strong, and he will not hesitate to pour sewage on Wei Tuma, even if it is despicable and slanderous

If the traitorous treaty is signed, Wei Tuoma will become a British national hero, and will be knighted by the Queen of England in the future, Wei Tuoma will also enter the British Senate and hold great power, which is very unfavorable to the peaceful development of the Qing Dynasty

Li Guolou plans to let the old bustard Yuan Jihong of Yixiang Pavilion come forward to confide in the Weituma Piaji scandal and subvert the image of Weituma, and will also let Yuan Jihong confide in some British secrets, which completely ruined the career of Wittoma, even if the British Parliament still believes in Wittoma, but the British people will not believe Wittoma, so that Wittoma has no chance to be promoted

Diplomatic negotiation is a war without the smoke of gunpowder, winning the war is done at all extremes, the result is that any means can be accepted, this despicable means do not need Li Guolou to come out, the seventh lady Zhen Yuhuan is tired of making conspiracies and tricks, women talk well to women, and the old bustard Yuan Jihong will not open his mouth

The wives of the family were pushed to the stage of history by him one by one, women are his weapons, Li Guolou relied on women to make his fortune, he was an alternative to the Qing Dynasty, and made the Western women's liberation movement indecent, Western newspapers regarded his family as the object of bigamy, and whipped the marriage system of the Qing Dynasty, but he still went his own way, and took his two little wives out to show off

The militia members are the prototype of the traffic police, relying on the maintenance of social order, the militia is self-reliant, and the people erect a fair and honest image, and the scale of the militia is formed without government funding, and the number of people on the list of the militia is more than 5,000 people, but the government has considered nationalizing the militia and establishing a traffic police to maintain street law and order, and subdividing the arrest and traffic police work to learn from the Western society

Tianjin's Yu Hanbing's family was washed in blood, Li Guolou was in a good mood when he got the news, looking at the members of the militia in blue uniforms on the street, which was quite pleasing to the eye, and with great interest, watching the militia members make gestures and let his convoy pass through the intersection

"Well, Wang Wu's ability is so strong, it's a pity to let the people go, dear dear, do you say it's too big to give Wang Wuyi a six-grade official hat" The wind next to the pillow is amazing, Li Guolou's ears are soft, and he listens to Yelia's words

Li Guolou said that he treated the ladies equally, in fact, he knew how to repay the kindness, whoever paid more to him would get big business benefits, and Yelia paid his life's work to him in money, so Li Guolou believed that the charity activities of the third lady Yelia and the Li Group were all carried out in the name of Mrs. Yelia, and Yelia was shaped into a great philanthropist, and the outside world called Mrs. Yelia 10%, which shows how much influence Yelia has on Li Guolou

"Well, I think it's better to take it step by step, first give a seven-grade official hat, let the people in the rivers and lakes know that the imperial court is really lacking, and it is very expensive, I heard that Huang Tianba did not seal a six-rank title until he died, as for Wang Wu, he spent silver to buy a false title, that is his vanity, you can't follow him in everything," Yelia glanced at the scene outside the car window, and was not interested, and then looked at her, she still liked to see Li Guolou in official uniform

Li Guolou nodded slightly and said: "Well, you have a point, too young, in a high position, and you can't get carried away, there is only one person in the world, I listen to you, you want to restrain Wang Wu's ambitions, he is surrounded by reactionary thoughts, traitors, I don't die, Wang Wu may also rebel, this person must always be on guard, Jianghu people are not enough to trust." After speaking, Li Guolou pulled up the curtains, closed his eyes, and characterized Wang Wu as a person whose heart will change, and used it to prevent it, this is the government's strategy for the Jianghu people, even if the shirtless brother Li Guolou will not entrust his life to Wang Wu, he still has to promote the disciples of Wutang, which is the foundation of his life

There are too many anti-Qing elements around Wang Wu, who are mixed with the underworld, and their hearts are not right, Li Guolou gave Wang Wu favors, but he no longer trusts Wang Wu to make money, he can give Wang Wu a chance to make money, but he does not give Wang Wu power, but wants to take back a large part of the power of the militia group, the first Beijing Division, Tianjin Wei, the establishment of the traffic police yamen, is Li Guolou's first signal to collect Wang Wu's power, and then promote it to the whole country after success

Yelia gave a rewarding kiss, Li Guolou smiled and said: "Well, Xiaolou has made progress, and he has not been confused by Wang Wu's righteous move, and a Yu Hanbing does not mean that Wang Wu is a hardcore brother, if he is really righteous, he will not climb to Yao Cuo's head, are you right?"

Li Guolou said: "It is reasonable to deal with the Jianghu people, you can only pay equal attention to grace and power, and you must not cooperate with my colleagues, I am in a strong position, and the Jianghu people will be attached, on the contrary, they will die like Chao Gai, I don't know what to say."

"My big hero" Yelia and Xie Liya couldn't bear it, like a chicken pecking rice, kissing Li Guolou's face, "snorting", the coquettish laughter in the carriage continued, Yelia and Xie Liya wiped Li Guolou's red face with a wet towel, and the lipstick marks disappeared

"The clothes are so beautiful" Li Guolou's hands are very dishonest, and the silky clothes on the two beautiful girls feel incomparable

"Go" the two foreign women pretended to be serious, knocked off Li Guolou's hand, and the three of them squeezed a chair intimately, and it seemed that the two foreign women had adapted to the life of the Qing Dynasty and closely united Li Guolou's side

Li Guolou was satisfied, hugged the waist of the two foreign women, and there was a hint of ominousness in his heart, and the fat of the two foreign women was born, and their breasts were surging, and they all had a tendency to get lucky, and in the future, Li Mansion would be full of fat pigs

Before the convoy arrived at the construction site of the Six Nations Hotel, Li Guolou decently helped Yelia and Xie Liya out of the carriage

Nanyunshan, Duan Muchun, Xiao Bangzi and other leaders of the militia group waited for Li Guolou in turn, and the Chaoyang Development Zone was the southern hegemony

These people are Li Guolou to support another underworld force to balance Wang Wu's black forces, Nanyunshan used to be a vassal of Wang Wu's wings, and now nominally obey Wang Wu's orders, but has formed a climate, has its own territory, Li Guolou does not let the Jingshi militia become too strong, even if it is a brother, Wang Wu has the ambition to launch a god-making movement, and now the storyteller's mouth Wang Wu's image is like Huang Tianba, becoming a hero of robbing the rich and helping the poor, Jingshi and Tianjin Weiwang's five brands are golden signboards, and the underworld has to pay tribute to Wang Wu when doing business, "righteousness is thin and cloudy" Yao Cuo's ability is almost a little bit, although he sits in the first place in the sky, but the people in the rivers and lakes still recognize the "fifth brother" Wang Wuzi, and the ability determines the status, which is the choice of the people in the rivers and lakes, and there is a small deviation in the blueprint of Li Guolou's planning of the underworld

But all this is still under Li Guolou's control, the general direction is still moving forward steadily, Li Guolou is high and powerful, all the gangsters surrendered, he secretly appointed Chen Xiangfang to accept black gold, Chen Xiangfang is still the number "Sister Xiaofang", the Westernization movement is to rely on the input of a large amount of money to enjoy the reputation of the Qing Dynasty, the economic lifeline is the source of the Westernization movement, black gold has made due contributions to the reform of the Qing Dynasty, Li Guolou has made rules, and the "third brother" of the Tianzi number has no less money