Chapter 322: Chunfan Tower (II)
In response to Ito's question about MissFox's threat of force, the Admiralty agreed that the mad prince would retaliate if the Great Song delegation did not receive the proper respect at the negotiating table, and that embarrassing MissFox would be a disservice to the Empire's military operations, given his performance in saving his "wife" in the city of Golden State.
The meaning of the Japanese Navy could not be more obvious, the army red deer that was thrown on the Shandong Peninsula and the Liaohe Plain died, but we could not stand it again in the face of retaliatory strikes such as "Yoshino" and "Fuso". There are only a few ships in the entire Japanese Navy, can they withstand such a toss?
The staff officers of the Japanese Navy and Army, who had been abused by the blood of the people, were strongly opposed to offending Miss Fox in order to take care of the emotions of the Manchurians, this woman was simply the insurmountable hurdle in their hearts, and every warning she said would make their hearts bleed in the end.
In the end, Ito Hirofumi solemnly told Master Weng that tomorrow the Great Song Dynasty negotiation delegation will officially come to Chunfan Tower, if you don't want to talk, then go back today. After weighing it up repeatedly, the prime minister thought very clearly that the Japanese army could continue to fight with the Qing army, and as long as it threatened their capital, they could always be forced back to the negotiating table. However, the garrison of the Great Song Dynasty on the Liaodong Peninsula choked the supply lines of the Japanese army by sea and land, and could make them GG in this war at any time. In fact, many military bigwigs have hinted to him that if the prime minister insists on embarrassing MissFox, the soldiers on the front line who have been beaten out of the psychological shadow by the Song Dynasty Marines are likely to mutiny.
Master Weng didn't dare to assert Ito Hirobumi's warning, and hurriedly called the capital to ask for his will. Guangxu is hard-hearted, feeling that he is the true son of the dragon, he insists on not compromising with the "pseudo-Song". But Cixi, the old witch's political city, is deeper, she clearly knows that now is not the time to go head-to-head with the "Pseudo-Song", and push both the Oriental and the Westerner to the side of the "Pseudo-Song", so when the Oriental people break the capital, as long as the "Pseudo-Song" sits in the Forbidden City, the world will no longer be full of people.
Guangxu couldn't resist his "father", so he had to reply with a quasi-word. The next day, MissFox and Huang Xiaolei appeared on the Chunfan Tower, and the two of them basically imitated the casual dress of the old lady and queen of John Bull in the 21st century, with a smart and simple suit on the top, a knee-length skirt on the bottom, and a top hat and veil on the head.
However, as soon as these two entered the venue, Master Weng exploded. Weng Tongshu obviously knew that the Great Song Dynasty negotiation delegation was a woman to talk about things, but he didn't expect this woman to show up at the negotiation table. In his imagination, this powerful woman of the Great Song Dynasty would only hide behind the scenes like Lafayette and command, but he never thought that it would be two women who walked into the venue with a loud bang.
Where are the descendants of the Great Song Dynasty!? Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao of the Northern Song Dynasty pioneered science, and Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty collected the best of the two and then magnified, how could there be a reason for women to go to the temple? This must be playing tricks on me! As an old master, Master Weng said that he couldn't bear it and immediately left Chunfan Tower.
The dignitaries of the various countries present were stunned at that time, didn't they say that they would let the Great Song Dynasty negotiation delegation enter the venue? Why are you playing this out of the table angrily now?
Those white people all set their eyes on Ito Hirofumi, who had communicated with the Manchu representatives, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious, are you playing with us?
In fact, the Manchu negotiators used the Japanese telegraph to send a telegram to the capital, and their code had already been deciphered by the Japanese, and Ito Hirobumi also read the same telegram that Weng Tongshu received half an hour after Weng Tongshu received Guangxu's reply, and he knew very well that the Guangxu Emperor of the Manchu Qing had agreed to the admission of the Great Song delegation, but he couldn't understand what the emperor's teacher was going to make trouble now.
The status of women in this era is generally not high, even in Western societies. However, this refers to women in general, not to those who have the power of life and death. White society has had a practice of women inheriting the throne since ancient times, and the representatives of the great powers certainly couldn't guess why Master Weng left the table angrily, and anyway, this was not the first time they couldn't understand the inexplicable jokes made by the Manchu adults in diplomatic occasions.
Even Hirofumi Ito, who is familiar with Oriental culture, can't guess the reason for Master Weng's rebellion, please! What kind of existence is Miss Fox in the Far East, who would compare her to ordinary women!
In this way, under the nonsense of the improvised delegation of the Manchurian people, the negotiations were still no progress five days after MissFox and their arrival in Shimonoseki.
And on the Liaodong Peninsula, the investigation into the kidnapping incident is also at an impasse. One of the two ruffians who had not been involved in the kidnapping had been found by the traversers, and it is safe to say that they had found a highly decomposed corpse.
"According to the medical examiner, this person has been dead for two weeks." Lu Xiangyang said to Wang He with the autopsy report in his hand.
"I'm rubbing, we still have a forensic doctor?" Wang He was not very familiar with the police department that Lu Xiangyang was in charge of.
"Yes, and you know it. It's Chen Dong, who used to chop vegetables in the cafeteria with you, and he was a professional forensic doctor before he crossed the crowd. Lu Xiangyang said.
"Hey, don't tell those rough embryos about the news, I'm afraid they'll even vomit the overnight meal." Wang He was humorous.
"This ruffian named Huang Suo'er died before Cai Datou and the others made their move, and the indigenous police questioned one of his fellow villagers, and it is said that his recent words and deeds indicate that he intends to return to Guannai." Lu Xiangyang said.
"It is estimated that this Huang Suo'er felt that the 'eunuch' who kidnapped Da Song was too risky and wanted to run away, but he was killed, so Cai Datou's family was the one who received the information." Wang He said.
"You've been keeping an eye on Fuller and his assistants, have you learned anything lately?" Lu Xiangyang asked.
"Nothing special happened, the most advanced monitoring equipment was on board, and no useful clues could be found. Judging from the records of the surveillance, Fuller was also anxious, but he did not wait for any news. Wang He said.
Even with the assistance of modern equipment, intelligence work is not much less difficult. The proportion of experience and IQ in intelligence work is far more than in other fields, and some modern equipment in hand is not enough to crush the natives, and those ancient doorways still give Wang He's new subordinates a headache.
Two days later, another bad result appeared in front of the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Cai Datou's family was finally found by the traversers, but in the same way, he also became a cold corpse.
I am directly responsible for the surveillance of Fuller and his assistants, and they have no possibility of breaking away from our surveillance at all, so who killed this Cai Datou's own family? Did he hand over the information that Cai Datou sent out indiscriminately to others? Wang He fell into deep thought.